A long queue of people had formed down Bow Street ahead of the centre opening at 8am this morning. Those gathered were men and women of all ages, from very elderly people to mothers with prams and young children.
AROUND 3,000 PEOPLE queued up outside the Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin this morning to receive vouchers to buy food that will get them through the Christmas period.Those gathered were men and women of all ages, from very elderly people to mothers with prams and young children.
Each person queuing this morning had also lined up last week in order to get a ticket to receive the vouchers – worth €50 – for Dunnes Stores. He said that the cost-of-living at the moment is “disgraceful” and that he has noticed the price of everything going up. Another man, Eddie, told The Journal that he has been coming to the Capuchin Day Centre on-and-off for the last 24 years. He works in construction, but for the last three months, he has been homeless and living in a tent.“I’m on a council housing list for the last 10 years or the last 15 years and they can’t do nothing for me, so I have to use this for my baths, my showers. I get nothing off the State, I work for a living and I still have to use this.
Some of those working at the Capuchin Day Centre said that demand for the service has never been so high. “It’s very busy. Last week, we made up 1,300 bags and they were gone before nine o’clock. It just goes to show you. Things are changing drastically here.”
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