CSPE Book Interior - Focus Ireland
CSPE Book Interior - Focus Ireland
CSPE Book Interior - Focus Ireland
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Lesson 2 · Factsheet 1<br />
Things you might not know<br />
about homelessness<br />
<strong>Ireland</strong> had a team playing in the<br />
Homeless Soccer World Cup in<br />
South Africa, Scotland and<br />
Denmark in recent years.<br />
London-Irish author John Healy won<br />
international awards for the book he<br />
wrote called ‘The Grass Arena’<br />
about the years he was homeless.<br />
Popular Dublin stand-up comedian<br />
Willa White was once homeless.<br />
A man who was homeless won an<br />
award for bravery for rescuing a<br />
bus driver from drowning in the<br />
river Liffey in Dublin.<br />
The music group The <strong>Focus</strong> Beats<br />
who were all homeless released a<br />
Christmas CD to raise money for<br />
<strong>Focus</strong> <strong>Ireland</strong>.<br />
10 Lesson 2 · Define ‘homelessness’