A homeless man has been found dead close to a Government office.
The discovery was made at Lad Lane in Dublin on Monday morning.
The man was found a stone’s throw from Health Minister Stephen Donnelly’s office on Baggot Street.
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It comes as 115 homeless deaths were recorded last year – more than double that of 2019.
There have been at least two instances of homeless men dying near the Dail building in recent years.
In 2020, a man’s body was found in a tent beside Leinster House, and in 2014 tragic Jonathan Corrie was discovered in a doorway on Molesworth Street.
Sinn Fein housing spokesman Eoin O Broin said the latest tragic death proves that more urgent action is needed to prevent these types of deaths.
He told the Irish Mirror: “First of all, my deepest condolences to the family of this man. But it is almost a year now since the first report from Dr Austin O’Carroll into the deaths of homeless people and the recommendations have largely not been implemented.
“What this latest tragedy shows is that we need urgent action or more such deaths shall occur in the future.
“Good work took place by both the Department of Health and the Department of Housing and the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive around ensuring that homeless people with higher vulnerability were protected during Covid.
“Well, if we can do it during Covid, we can do it during non-Covid times and really what we need is the political will to ensure the resources, the supports and crucially the accommodation are put in place.”
A source told the Irish Mirror the emergency services received a call on Monday morning about a possible dead person in the lane.
They added: “There were no signs of trauma.”
A Garda spokesman said: “The body of the man was removed from the scene to Dublin City Mortuary for a postmortem. Enquiries are ongoing.”
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