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Address Point
'For all intents and purposes I didn't exist': Former rough sleeper says An Post fixed address service will be huge help
The free personal postal address service for people who are homeless was launched at the GPO today.
AN POST LAUNCHED a new service today that will offer people who are homeless a fixed address.
People who have no fixed address will be able to avail of the service through a post office of their choice. The postal service’s initiative received a broad welcome today.
Speaking to TheJournal.ie at the GPO today Derek McGuire, a former rough sleeper, said his lack of address made him unable to access the services he needed to exit homelessness.
“I had no bank account, I had no identification, I had no address,” he says. “So for all intents and purposes I didn’t exist.”
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