Paul Hosford: Ireland’s homelessness crisis didn’t just grow — our reaction to it quietly changed

There was a time when homelessness, or even people living in emergency accommodation, shocked us as a nation. It wasn’t that long ago either.

In 2018, as the once-unthinkable Rubicon of 10,000 homeless was crossed, Sinn Féin housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin said housing minister Eoghan Murphy should “do the decent thing and resign”.

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