homelessness
Record high homeless figures
November 28, 2022
Peter McVerry SJ criticises the record high homeless figures that have increased to over 11,000 people during the month of October 2022.
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Tackling the scourge of homelessness
August 30, 2022
As homeless figures soar the Peter McVerry Trust calls for three-fold action from government.
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Peter McVerry Trust wins garden award
June 22, 2022
The homeless charity wins the People's Choice Show Garden Award at the Bord Bia Bloom 2022 garden festival in the Phoenix Park, Dublin.
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Peter McVerry Trust at Bloom 2022
May 26, 2022
The homeless charity will feature a show garden at this year's festival symbolising the journey people impacted by homelessness undertake.
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‘Building together’ – Peter McVerry Trust
April 5, 2022
The hardware group Homevalue has teamed up with Peter McVerry Trust to supply resources for social housing and homeless services.
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‘Bring back the eviction ban’
January 7, 2022
A staggering 359 children have been made homeless in the last three months alone. Peter McVerry SJ calls for reinstatement of eviction ban.
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Back on the road again
September 29, 2021
Over €60,000 has been raised for the Peter McVerry Trust through the annual charity cycle event on Saturday 18 September
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Plan for social housing units in Kildare
August 12, 2021
Mr Pat Doyle, CEO of Peter McVerry Trust, was interviewed on Kildare Today radio about the plan to deliver a significant number of new social housing units
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Taoiseach launches Peter McVerry Trust’s housing plan
July 27, 2021
An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, launches Peter McVerry Trust's five-year strategic plan to deliver 1,200 new social housing units
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Busy days for Peter McVerry Trust
May 18, 2021
The recently launched apartment block for homeless people in Dublin is one of a number of major initiatives that has kept the Peter McVerry Trust busy of late
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“Your clothes are stained with our blood”
January 24, 2023 - Dr Kevin Hargaden of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice was shocked by what he learnt at a conference in Bangladesh, exploring the idea of a 'just wage' there.
Biography of a Jesuit-educated judge
January 23, 2023 - 'Judge John O'Hagan, 1825-1890', on the life of a respected patriot, poet, scholar and lawyer, is among the most recent Messenger books.
Mícheál Mac Gréil SJ: RIP
January 21, 2023 - President Michael D. Higgins has led the tributes to Mícheál Mac Gréil SJ, the social justice activist and community campaigner who died on 21 January, aged 92.
Fifty-eight most powerful words
January 20, 2023 - "The fifty-eight most powerful words in the world." is how Richard Leonard SJ describes the Lord's Prayer, in his latest book The Law of Love.
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“Your clothes are stained with our blood”
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Fifty-eight most powerful words
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January 19, 2023
Benedict XVI’s theological legacy
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Biography of a Jesuit-educated judge
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Disciples of courage
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