Christmas spirit is giving away to consumerism

A homeless man dies on a morgue-cold Dublin street; residents of a residential care home are manhandled by dullards and Christmas was celebrated in a fug of alcohol while people remain emotionally clamped to consumerism.

Christmas spirit is giving away to consumerism
Mon, 29 Dec, 2014 - 00:00
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What is happening to Irish society?

A seam of callousness has opened up revealing a disconnection of feeling and understanding for those adrift from our normal functional world.

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