The approach of Sr Stanislaus Kennedy and others in the voluntary sector provided a degree of cover for statutory failings. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien
But Where Can I Go? was the title of a book published by Sr Stanislaus Kennedy 40 years ago which looked at the experiences of homeless women in Dublin.
This was at a time when there were 10 new homeless women arriving to hostels each week in the city and another 700 women known to be homeless but not using such temporary accommodation.
It was a book informed not just by academic research, but self-portraits by some women affected by homelessness, including a teenager who had to battle to get £33 a week from the State so she could sit her Leaving Certificate after a childhood in residential care; t
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