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Life as a child in Ireland: ‘Here’s phones. Here’s alcohol. Here’s weed’
NO CHILD 2020 IS AN INITIATIVE BY THE IRISH TIMES, PROVIDING A SUSTAINED FOCUS ON CHILD WELFARE AND CHILDREN’S ISSUES OVER THE COMING YEAR. ITS GOAL IS TO EXPLORE THE PROBLEMS FACING CHILDREN IN IRELAND TODAY, AND OFFER SOLUTIONS THAT WOULD MAKE THIS A BETTER COUNTRY TO BE A CHILD. HERE, FIVE YOUNG IRISH PEOPLE DISCUSS THEIR EARLY LIVES IN…
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Patrick Freyne is a features writer with The Irish Times
- Michael: ‘I was never parented. I was like Tarzan’
Michael McDonagh (above) is in his 20s now, but he says, without hesitating, “Since they said ‘We’ll call him Michael’ I’ve been homeless.”
He says that he…