Homeless campaigner Fr Peter McVerry has spoken of his anger at the State's failure to give a fighting chance to people who have worked hard to get clean from drugs.
Speaking to the Sunday Independent this weekend, the tireless campaigner said he no longer sheds a tear or is shocked by the tragedies which unfold around him - because he is so used to the homeless crisis at his door.
However, he said his anger rises when he sees drug-free people beaten down by the lack of provisions by those in power. "When I see people coming in to me drug-free or a phone call comes from a rehab centre to say someone is clean after a five-month programme - and then they have nowhere to go and they are placed in a hostel full of drug users. That really infuriates me. That's the State making certain that people can't come off drugs and get a chance at life again," he said.
Source: Niamh Horan, The Irish Independent, 03/09/17
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