http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/green-party-td-to-sleep-rough-for-charity-486463.html
Firstly I want to say that I applaud the sentiment and also the fact that it is highlighting the plight of homeless people at this time of year.
However (there's always a however), if the charitable organisations are so short of money that they need a sitting TD and government member to highlight their problems, then why can the government not grant more funds and/or resources via official channels instead of asking people for donations out of their own pockets.
There's not many who would begrudge a few extra euro being given to the likes of StVdeP at Christmas and with the weather as it is.
On a similar but separate note, TV3 had a documentary on last week where a reporter slept rough for a couple of nights. In the programme, the reporter obtained an inhaler from a pharmacist without a prescription and also obtained money from a priest. For some unknown reason, the programme chose to highlight who these people were by showing both the pharmacy and the church. I thought this was very poor by TV3 as it could potentially put the pharmacist's livelihood in jeopardy following his act of kindness and also encourage other people to seek out the priest for a similar handout.
Firstly I want to say that I applaud the sentiment and also the fact that it is highlighting the plight of homeless people at this time of year.
However (there's always a however), if the charitable organisations are so short of money that they need a sitting TD and government member to highlight their problems, then why can the government not grant more funds and/or resources via official channels instead of asking people for donations out of their own pockets.
There's not many who would begrudge a few extra euro being given to the likes of StVdeP at Christmas and with the weather as it is.
On a similar but separate note, TV3 had a documentary on last week where a reporter slept rough for a couple of nights. In the programme, the reporter obtained an inhaler from a pharmacist without a prescription and also obtained money from a priest. For some unknown reason, the programme chose to highlight who these people were by showing both the pharmacy and the church. I thought this was very poor by TV3 as it could potentially put the pharmacist's livelihood in jeopardy following his act of kindness and also encourage other people to seek out the priest for a similar handout.