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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Alison O’Reilly

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien urged to see reality of homelessness by spending night with volunteers on streets

A volunteer who organised a vigil for a homeless man has called on Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien to spend the night on a soup run to see the reality of life on the streets.

Dad-of-six Thomas Boyd Lynch was found dead in a tent on Loftus Street in Dublin by gardai on Monday.

On Thursday, hundreds turned out at a vigil outside the Dail, organised by Keira Gill from the organisation A Lending Hand.

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