Glen Hansard has revealed that Home Sweet Home was born out of a concern
Home Sweet Home is a campaign that Glen, Hozier, Kodaline and others are involved in to help tackle the homeless crisis in Ireland and the musician spoke to Goss.ie about why they are taking action.
“This was born out of a concern, born out of a pain in the heart,” he said.
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The organisation have taken over the Apollo House in Dublin’s city centre and it is being used to shelter the homeless during these cold months – but he thanks the world of charities like Saint Vincent De Paul, Focus Ireland and others for their hard work
“This is a civil act, this is an intervention. They shouldn’t have to exist – but they all exist. They’re all operating and they’re doing incredible work all over this country but they’re operating on a real strain.
“They’re operating on donations most of the time. I guess this was born out of a concern, born out of a pain in the heart.
“We’re looking around and we’re seeing the number [of homeless people] go up, we’re seeing the amount of charities rising, we’re seeing the number of people on the street rising – what’s going on?
“We’ve got houses without people, we’ve got people without houses, and if that keeps growing the way it’s growing, when does that end?”
