'It Breaks My Heart': School Principal Says Living in Emergency Accomodation Having Huge Impacts on Lives of Children [echolive.ie]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 2/19/2012:00 PM

From Cork News-Live, February 17, 2020

IT is “simply unacceptable” that children across Ireland are experiencing homelessness, a Cork principal has said, expressing her anger and upset at the situation.

Nickie Egan, principal of North Presentation Primary School on Gerald Griffin St, has encouraged her staff to become more aware of the difficulties facing homeless students, and those experiencing other issues, in a bid to aid their development.

There were 9,731 homeless people in Ireland in the days either side of Christmas last year.

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Ann HaydenMember

This is so sad and so unnecessary. We are a wealthy country and can easily afford to house our citizens if there was the political will. These children are suffering and will continue to suffer into their adolescent and adult lives.

2/20/209:42 AM

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