Irish Examiner view: We must do more to help most needy

People claiming refuge here are being told it may take up to a week to find them somewhere to sleep for the night, and that’s if accommodation becomes available at all

Capuchin Day Centre manager Alan Bailey.

People arriving on flights to Ireland, seeking international protection, are being forced to sleep on our streets.

Take a second to let those words sink in. Consider the anger we feel at homelessness and the carelessness with which most of us treat people holding out a paper cup in hope, rather than expectation.