The organisation has launched a campaign to raise awareness about the difficulties veterans can face after they leave the services.
Mr Kirwan said one of the charity's objectives is to transition homeless residents to independent living and last year five residents were moved to independent living in Dublin. "But you also have the challenges of financial challenges that we have at the moment in relation to inflationary rises and also marital breakdown, and so from an organisation, our responsibility, our challenge is to provide the support to veterans that are struggling."
"Whereas if you look at our homes and our residents outside of Dublin, they're probably there for a much longer haul in recognition of the age profile and possibly the challenge that they've been institutionalised for so long that they don't have those independent skills," he said.
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