There has been absolute outrage on social media showing the sad, sickening and awful image of a 5-yr-old homeless Irish boy eating his dinner off a cardboard sheet on the ground.
The tragic image, which has been viewed by almost 1 million people, has once again highlighted the ongoing homeless crisis in Ireland that has 10,000 people homeless.
In the image uploaded by The Homeless Street Cafe, the young boy named as Sam can be seen eating carbonara off a cardboard tray which was placed on a Dublin street.
Meanwhile the government spent close to €500,000 per week on migrants coming into Ireland who are being housed in beautiful hotels and guest houses around the country.
It is believed that the young boy has been living in emergency accommodation in Dublin.