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Poll: Do you give money to homeless people?

Today is the start of TheJournal.ie series on homelessness.

TODAY IS THE start of TheJournal.ie series on homelessness.

Over the week we will be looking at how we got to this crisis point, why we’re here and what’s being done – as well as crunching the numbers and talking to both frontline workers and people on the streets about their experience.

You can see the stories from the first day of the series here.

So today we’re asking, Do you give money to homeless people?


Poll Results:

No (3511)
Yes (1855)
Not directly - through charity (1346)
Not money- food or other items (767)

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