Families with no place to live bring home reality of the housing crisis

The real casualty of homelessness is the future, writes Fergus Finlay

WE’RE a proud country, no doubt about that. Only this last few days, our equestrian team won the Aga Khan. Our experimental rugby team trounced the Welsh. 40,000 of us raised the rafters in Croke Park, as the Kilkenny legend trundled on. And we stayed up late on Sunday night to watch Shane Lowry hit a couple of miraculous shots to beat some of the best in the world in an important golf tournament.

I’m sure we were all emotionally drained at the success of it all. And maybe a little bit smug. Aren’t we a great country, for a small country? And on top of it all, haven’t we got a tax cut to look forward to in the budget, now only a couple of months away?