Homelessness is an issue that we must work together to eliminate

No one chooses to be homeless, and it’s something that could happen to any of us, writes Louise O’Neill

I still remember the first time I ever saw a person sleeping rough on the streets.

I was maybe four or five years old and my family had gone to Dublin to see Disney on Ice. We were walking back to our hotel when we passed a man sleeping in a doorway, a pillow and a blanket seemingly his only possessions. I stopped and stared, and was quickly ushered away by my parents.