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Meet the homeless man reunited with his family thanks to Facebook
Katie GrantDec 15, 2014 Christmas Bah humbug
It’s not all trampling over crowds of people to get your hands on a flatscreen TV. A homeless man will be reunited with his family this Christmas after 12 years apart, following a Facebook appeal. George Cunningham, from Dublin, had his photo published on the social media site after he told the arts website Humans of Ireland that his main concern about the festive period was finding somewhere warm to stay and eat his Christmas dinner. That helps put things in perspective…
“I’m homeless and travelling around to any town that has shelter for the homeless so I can get a bed for the night, as a lot of places are full. If I had to sleep out in this cold, I’d be dead already,” Mr Cunningham was quoted as telling photographer Lee Furlong. “The only thing I care about at the moment is finding a place to have a Christmas dinner.” When the website shared George’s photograph and story on its Facebook page, it was inundated with responses. Dozens of people offering to pay for his meal or even host him themselves. How did his family find him
Mr Cunningham’s sister, Sheelagh, whom he had not spoken to in over a decade, saw the post and contacted the photographer, telling him that their mother wanted Mr Cunningham, who had been living on the streets of Kinsale, Co Cork, to spend Christmas with his family. He has now spoken on the phone to his sister and his mother, and he will be going home on Wednesday. I stand corrected – it s a wonderful life
The good cheer doesn’t end there. Mr Furlong said a hotel near the family home has offered the wanderer a night’s accommodation, and a clothes shop has given him a new suit for the reunion. He told the Irish Independent that he found it “all hard to believe” and that he was “absolutely overwhelmed” by the reaction to his story. More: Facebook considering developing tech to stop you drunk posting Newsmax bans Lara Logan after she goes on QAnon-like rant
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