A total of 3,826 postcards will be presented or posted to the Housing Minister to symbolise each child in the country experiencing homelessness this Christmas. Housing campaigners from the Workers’ Party of Ireland held a giant printed postcard addressed to Eoghan Murphy together with numbers to depict the 3,826 figure. Tom McKeon, a Workers’ Party of Ireland housing campaigner at Leinster House (Brian Lawless/PA)The number of children in emergency accommodation fell by 47 after a record high figure in September, with a total of 3,826 homeless children. Workers’ Party councillor Eilis Ryan said the Government lacks the political will to solve homelessness. Housing campaigners from the Workers' Party are posting 3,826 postcards to Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy to symbolise each homeless child in the country this Christmas.

Source: Irish Examiner December 20, 2019 13:41 UTC