The north inner city has been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, but youth workers say those living in greener pastures know little about the reality for some of the most underprivileged people in Dublin.
THE PANDEMIC REMOVED safe spaces for disadvantaged young people and bridging the gap left between supports and communities remains a challenge.
Some cohorts were hit harder than others, such as boys who were “just the wrong age at the wrong time” – in sixth class when the pandemic hit, meaning they didn’t have a normal transition into secondary school. Dropping out of school, experiencing mental illness and engaging in antisocial behaviour are common challenges faced by the cohort.
In recent years, the number of young people from the north inner city living in State care has been up to three times more than the national average, even before the pandemic.“Our kids are experiencing huge complex illness as a result of adverse childhood experience,” he said.“If they are competing on a level playing field, they can do it. The difficulty is that they have to climb a mountain to get to a level playing field.
“It was the same storm but very different boats,” she said, as some children lost the only safe spaces and reliable adults that they had in their lives. “There is a huge number of young people who are just getting on with it and they’re tiptoeing their way through this chaos that’s happening in the city centre, but it’s really sad because that’s tarnishing a whole cohort of young people living in this city Dublin and in communities that would experience social disadvantage.The Irish Youth Foundation receives no government funding, but is supported by philanthropic and corporate sponsors.
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