A man in his 40s has been found dead in Dublin city centre.
The Inner City Helping Homeless Charity said the man was found dead near Christchurch this morning.
The charity said the man is the 27th person to die on Ireland’s streets in the last 16 months
Gardaí said the man was aged in his 40s and was originally from Poland. A spokesperson said he appears to have had no fixed address.
We are hearing reports of another death on the streets of Dublin. The man was found near Christchurch this morning and was in his 40's and appears to have no fixed address.
This is the 27th death in the last 16 months.
R.I.P#MyNameis #RaiseTheRoof #AskWhy pic.twitter.com/JpLv2QPQwB
— ICHHDUBLIN (@ICHHDUBLIN) November 6, 2018
Inner City Helping Homeless CEO Anthony Flynn fears more vulnerable people may die as the weather gets colder:
“We have extended our cold weather initiative plan ourselves and we have operations where teams are out on the streets later at night and earlier in the morning to try and help people,” he said.
“But the fact is, we need beds.
“Bed needs to be put in the system and the minister is not putting those beds in.
“Over the last number of weeks what we have seen is two hostel closures within facilities – so we are seeing reductions and we are not seeing increases and that is the main reason why we are seeing deaths on the street.”
