It may be 2020 but it might as well be the year 1920 to see Irish children, who appear to be under the age of 5, eating their dinner in freezing cold conditions outside the GPO on Dublin’s O’Connell St.
Social media users have been up in arms looking at the image, with many claiming that we should house the Irish first before any migrants that are coming into the country. Others are saying that it’s a terrible state of affairs the successive governments have done absolutely nothing to stem the homeless epidemic. Other people have compared the push for abortion providers in Ireland yet no push to help homeless Irish children. Whatever people’s views on the situation, one thing seems sure – everyone wants to see it stopped once and for all and the likes of these children in a warm, safe and secure house of their own.
In what can only be described as an utterly despicable image, a photo of two small homeless Irish children eating their dinner outside the GPO has gone viral just hours after every child’s favourite show of the year, The Late Late Toy Show finished airing.
The image, which is not known when it was taken, was shared by Rebel Telly and shows two homeless little Irish kids eating the dinner that they were given outside the GPO on O’Connell Street in the freezing cold.
Host of the Toy Show, Ryan Tubridy spoke incessantly about making children’s wishes come through but it appears that some Irish kids are left behind with their dreams in the bowls as they eat their dinner on a freezing cold central Dublin street, not too many toys or wishes for them quite evidently.
Social media users have been left aghast at the stark reality of Ireland’s homeless problem and the direct comparison that two very different groups of Irish children endure on a daily basis.
The full post attached to the image can be found here.
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