Sinead Gill of St Vincent de Paul: 'We are up 7 per cent on the number of calls since last year.' No don’t apologise,” she adds “Look, I have you down for the Christmas help. God bless.”Another mother calls. I really do ... No problem at all, love; don’t be worrying.”An older woman in north Dublin calls. Unfortunately, we cannot visit everyone who calls for help this Christmas because we just don’t have enough volunteers,” she says.

Source: The Irish Times December 06, 2025 15:01 UTC