Irish Times — Ireland was one of the countries that were chosen by the German media as an example of success, after exiting the EU support programme. But the country’s success cost the people quite dearly by the looks of thing,s as the food queues in Dublin and other cities in Ireland keep growing.
And the man who helped to distribute more than 3,000 Christmas food parcels to people in Dublin on Thursday has warned that the city’s poorest are going to get poorer.
Capuchin Brother Kevin Crowley urged the Government to do something to help those who are struggling and to get the homeless off the streets for good rather than just for Christmas.
He was speaking after thousands of people queued for hours at the Capuchin Centre on Bow Street to collect Christmas food parcels. The food parcels contain basic necessities along with some extras such as sweets for Christmas.
“It is absolutely disgraceful that in 2016 we are still having people queuing for food, that was to be expected in 1916,” Brother Crowley told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland.
“It is appalling to see families come here for a food parcel and then go back to a hotel.”
“The Government may say there’s a recovery, but there is no recovery for the poor.”
He said a child had asked him if Santa would know where he was for Christmas because he and his family were living in a hotel.
Brother Crowley added that the annual running costs for the Capuchin Centre which provides food parcels every Wednesday were €3.3million with €450,000 of this coming from the Government.
“It is getting worse because people are living in poorer conditions and are finding it more and more difficult to make ends meet…The situation is going to get worse. The poorest will get poorer,” Brother Kevin added.
