Madam, - To be accosted by a couple of homeless beggars on any one day in the capital is probably par for the course; to be approached by a host of them in the space of a few hours is surely proof positive that the now deceased Celtic Tiger didn't do these poor unfortunates any great favours.
How can you retain any degree of dignity if you haven't got a roof over your head? You can't; and that's what makes the plight of these destitute mendicants all the more depressing.
Roll on Christmas! - Yours, etc,
PAUL DELANEY,
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Beacon Hill,
Dalkey.