What a sight. People working together, carrying beds into Apollo House for Dublin’s homeless to sleep on in the very early hours of yesterday morning. The Home Sweet Home group took over the empty office building on Thursday evening and have since gotten the electricity and water turned on, gotten rooms set up, they’ve had Dublin Fire […]
9 years ago
Home Sweet Home took over Apollo House, Tara Street on Thursday night with the aim of sheltering Dublin’s homeless for Christmas. But according to The Irish Times lawyers for the empty office building have served legal notice against the activist group, which includes well-known figures Glen Hansard, Saoirse Ronan, Hozier, Christy Moore, Damien Dempsey, director Jim Sheridan and Mattress Mick. Electricity and water was connected, beds were […]
9 years ago
Support continues for the Home Sweet Home group as Glen Hansard appeared on The Late Late Show last night to confirm that they have taken over NAMA-owned Apollo House on Tara Street to shelter the homeless this Christmas. Hansard, along with other well-known Irish figures Saoirse Ronan, Hozier, Christy Moore, Damien Dempsey, director Jim Sheridan and Mattress Mick, have all been involved in […]
9 years ago