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Saturday 23 September 2023 Dublin: 15°C

# capuchin day centre

This year
2023
# Homelessness
New asylum accommodation might not be ready for five weeks, as charities prepare for influx
The news comes amid reports of people being forced into sleeping on the streets upon entering Ireland.
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Jan 25th 2023, 1:30 PM
Last year
2022
# surging demand
3,000 people queue to receive Christmas food vouchers at Capuchin Day Centre
Those working at the centre told The Journal that there is more demand for the service now than ever.
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Dec 20th 2022, 1:03 PM
# Service to the poor
President leads tributes to humanitarian Brother Kevin Crowley on his retirement
Brother Kevin, (87), a native of Cork, has provided meals and care packages to tens of thousands of people for the last 53 years.
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Aug 19th 2022, 10:43 PM
All time
# homeless crisis
'Despair when I see how the Government is behaving': Brother Kevin slams Government housing policy
He said the Government should ensure nobody is lying or dying on the streets at Christmas.
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Dec 8th 2019, 2:04 PM
# Papal Visit
Contractor was asked to install papal road markings in Dublin for free over concerns about cost
The markings were located at the Capuchin Day Centre and read: “Welcome Pope Francis” and “Fáilte a Phapa Prionsias”.
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Oct 6th 2018, 6:30 AM
# Housing Crisis
1,400 food parcels a week, 900 meals a day and 'no sense of it easing up' at the Capuchin Day Centre
Since last year they have also been putting together baby food and nappy packs for families with young children.
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Aug 11th 2018, 10:00 AM
# the homeless
Pope Francis will visit Dublin’s Capuchin Day Centre in August
The Pope will visit the centre on the day he arrives – the afternoon of Saturday 25 August.
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May 16th 2018, 9:56 AM
# Homeless
Young mothers queuing for handouts of nappies is the new normal for a Dublin charity
The Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin is a busy place every morning.
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Nov 19th 2017, 9:30 AM
# food parcels
'There's nothing normal about living by the side of the road with your children'
Volunteers at the Capuchin Day Centre say that relative levels of homelessness are not the point.
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Nov 16th 2017, 6:20 AM
# christmas 2016
"We'd starve without them" - Over 2,000 people lined up to get Christmas food parcels this morning
The Capuchin Day Centre hands out the parcels every year to people in need.
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Dec 22nd 2016, 1:59 PM
# Housing Crisis
Brother Kevin: 'Where are the 70,000 emigrants the government are luring back going to live?'
Crowley has been running the Capuchin Day Centre since 1969 – he says there are more people at risk of dying on the streets now.
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Feb 16th 2016, 3:27 PM
# festive spirit
Dubs spread Christmas cheer on charity visit
Jim Gavin, backroom staff and panel members help pack 3,000 parcels for the homeless.
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Dec 22nd 2015, 11:10 AM
# Addiction
Is crystal meth on the rise? One Councillor says it's like Breaking Bad out there
As far back as 2012 Father Peter McVerry was warning that the drug was going to ravage areas in Ireland like it has done in the US.
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Jan 11th 2015, 7:45 AM
# homeless ireland
'How many people are going to die on the streets this winter?'
The Capuchin Day Centre’s Brother Kevin Crowley sees the reality of the homeless crisis every day and he thinks it’s getting worse.
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Sep 30th 2014, 6:30 PM
# homeless ireland
Choosing homelessness: This man sleeps rough for his faith
Francis John Ross Bush lives in ‘holy poverty’ but says his personal circumstances, like those of many homeless people, pushed him into the path he is now on.
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Sep 30th 2014, 1:30 PM
# Poverty
EU to double Ireland's funding for homeless services like soup kitchens
Socialist Party MEP Paul Murphy said the increase is welcome but it is still too low considering the scale of poverty across the EU.
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Feb 25th 2014, 9:16 PM
# capuchin day centre
Behind the scenes as the Capuchin Day Centre prepares to feed 500 people
We visited the centre yesterday to see what staff and volunteers would be cooking up for their annual festive gala.
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Dec 31st 2013, 5:30 PM