Colin Farrell has admitted that he thinks the homeless crisis in Ireland is “absolute insanity.”
The actor is just one of many Irish stars who have spoken out about the amount of people on the streets around the country and how we need to help those less fortunate.
“I know I’m over in America and life is grand for me but it doesn’t mean that I don’t give a s*** about what’s going on,” he said.
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The Dubliner called on the Irish politicians to take action and fill the empty homes.
“I’m not going to start lecturing the people of Ireland but it’s time the politicians…the population of our country is aghast at what’s going on,” he told Ryan Tubridy on RTE Radio 1.
“What is a refugee? Someone who has to move from place to place without a home to find some sense of existence or some sense of peace.
“They’re basically refugees in their own land. It’s shocking. There’s no structure around it.
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“It’s absolute insanity. How many houses around the country are empty and reclaimed by the banks?
“I’m no politician and I’m certainly no economist and I certainly don’t have any clear fiscal answers to the issues.
“I get it, I’m an actor, and I’m a mouthpiece but its outrageous and it’s unnecessary. But something has to happen.”
“Imagine what you could do with the Ormond Hotel. I used to pop pills back in the Ormond back in the day. Having a good aul rave at the weekend.
“What a piece of property! It’s boarded up. It’s redundant. It’s useless. It’s dead space. What do you do? You fill it with life. Fill it with social reparation. You give people the opportunity to get their lives back in order.”
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Colin admitted he knows nothing about the kind of life homeless people in Ireland live but asked politicians to step up to help end the crisis.
“It’s time that politicians really stepped up to the plate and started putting structures in place, starting working on healthcare, to help these members of our society.
“I can’t judge because I’m not walking a mile in the shoes of the people we’re speaking about but there are so many things that have to be done,” he added.
