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Column: ‘Your hope goes, and that’s that’ – a homeless drug user’s story

Homeless person John speaks to TheJournal.ie about the struggle to get clean, changes in drug use, and being branded a ‘stupid junkie’.

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Oct 10th 2012, 7:00 AM

Column: With so many empty houses, why are people still homeless?

Almost 4,000 people are homeless in Ireland. Joyce Loughnan of Focus Ireland outlines what we need to do.

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Sep 21st 2012, 7:30 AM