Homeless tents in Malahide

Wow, just wow 😡 No concern for why the people are there or how they are! Just worried about the 'beautiful' aesthetics of the 'Village' how very sad.

I'm surprised it has taken this long for more permanent encampments to take hold in Ireland, as Ireland has relatively strong protections for itinerant lifestyles (compared to other european countries, due to Traveller-related protections) and has relatively left-leaning local councils in many areas (who tend to be less aggressive in dealing with this). The only thing stopping this from being 100 tents rather than 10, is the poor weather not being conducive to that lifestyle.

Looking at the larger Californian cities, a person can pitch a tent in the grass verge outside your front door and you have literally got no recourse to get them moved or dealt with in any way (littering, anti-social behaviour, etc), and they do, and many of them are employed.

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/02/americas-tent-cities-for-the-homeless/462450/

It's a countrywide problem, homelessness. I'm delighted they're camping in Malahide of all places tbh, the snobbery even in this thread even, people think they can just hide away from these issues in their enclaves.

While it may seem the right thing to do, encouraging tent cities in Ireland is not a good thing to do.

Unlike the US where this is a huge problem, Irish homeless do have many more options.

Homeless shelters need to be properly policed so that people can feel safe and be properly cared for there.

Camping in villages is wrong, and the people who live there have a right to object.

If you genuinely feel that they don't and are not just virtue signalling, invite some of the homeless to camp in your back garden. Otherwise you're just hypocrites.

You are either very unobservant or haven't been living there for very long.

The tents have been dotted along the beach for almost 5 years from Autumn through winter. One or two moved up closer to the village. and a couple closer to the old toilets at the bus terminus at hicks tower. I was working out there a few years ago and a big row had spilled onto the road there after one tent had blown over. Two tents have moved to the other side of the train tracks. A few of the tents this year have, as you mentioned, moved further up towards the village, but they were always there, just maybe not in plain site.

As a local, you may do better asking your local TD. You know, the minister for housing, local government and heritage. I believe his office is in the village of Malahide.