A solicitor who represents a homeless man living in a tent on a Cork city quay has criticised the State for arresting and jailing his client for begging rather than tackling his problems. Solicitor Daithí O’Donnabhain spoke out after Josh O’Donovan, 23, was remanded in custody over the weekend. Mr O’Donovan, who is one of a group of people living in tents on Cork’s St Patrick’s Quay, and who was featured in Saturday’s Irish Examiner, is due in court again this morning. Gardaí objected to bail and Mr O’Donovan was remanded in custody to appear before Cork District Court this morning in relation to the begging charge. Ms Ryan also dismissed city council claims that there is a bed for every homeless person in the city and that anyone who turns them down is therefore homeless by choice.

Source: Irish Examiner September 10, 2018 04:07 UTC