Additional reporting by Cianan BrennanTaoiseach Leo Varadkar has triggered a row over a homeless man's injuries after calling on the Lord Mayor to explain how the individual was removed by machinery while sleeping in a tent. Mr Varadkar defended the government's record on trying to help people off the street, but also said several times that the injured homeless man had been known to support services. "But what I've been told so far is that a man was injured while Dublin City Council and Waterways Ireland were trying to remove some tents. However, he called on the current Fianna Fáil Lord Mayor to explain what had happened:“So I think it's important that, you know, the City Council and Lord Mayor, who's politically responsible in city council, should make a statement and Waterways Ireland too. "He is known to homeless services, has been offered accommodation in the past and will be offered accommodation in the future.

Source: Irish Examiner January 15, 2020 14:41 UTC