Eye Witness
A Silent Scene as men try to lift homeless man found dead in a doorway near the Dail.
—Kate Holmquist, The Irish Times, December 3 2014
In 2014, the number of people sleeping rough in Dublin City had doubled within a few months. The result was 170 people sleeping on the cold, dark pavements of the city streets. A significant event occurred during this time that brought these rising issues to light. Reporting this event is Kate Holmquist, a reporter from the national newspaper The Irish Times.
Holmquist writes about her experience as she witnesses the removal of a dead body from a doorway in Dublin City. What makes this event so significant? This specific doorway stands in the shadows of the House of Parliament and this dead body was that of a homeless man. Witnessed was a scene of such irony; the poor people of Ireland dying on the front steps of the Constitution that is supposed to keep its people safe.
