Ireland's youth tackling Dublin's homeless problem - Brandon O'Connor - Average JOE

Brandon O'Connor set up the Dublin Homeless Awarenes (DHA) when he was just 16 years old.
Now 21, the DHA is a volunteer response team that carry out welfare checks on rough sleepers at night.
This could mean checking in on their mental wellbeing, helping them get into emergency accommodation, or in many cases - protecting them from being attacked.
This is part of our mini doc series, where we celebrate the Average JOE's amongst us doing extraordinary things!
#AverageJOE #homeless #homelessness #documentary #Dublin

[@BKBS676]

I’m actually bursting with pride for this young lad!! Award him up

[@JG-es5dj]

Same here, incredible people! Their job shouldn't have to exist though. It's the inevitable result of Capitalism.

[@jonm684]

Wow, what a guy, his grandparents did an amazing job

[@raygreen5926]

What amazing young men. The streets of Dublin can be mean and hostile at times 🔔

[@rinkydinky-ob9pe]

A ray of light and hope in these dark days

[@ladaroo]

Dublin City’s unsung heroes 👏🏻

[@loots9821]

He's 21! & His team dont look much older either. What a wonderful group. They should be acknowledged for what they do & funding that goes to bogus NGO's should go to these lads.

[@Ricardo.3]

Great job team 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@marykeating3301]

Such an inspiring story. Well done

[@franciskavanagh6179]

Its fantastic, but also it exposes what one person can do on his own compared to what the entire government should be doing but refuse to do, how does their vacuous excuses for doing nothing about this crisis stand up to this lad’s efforts, modern day real life super heroes well done lads

[@sineadconran4964]

❤ This makes me so proud ❤❤❤❤❤

[@JenniRedmond]

What an amazing young man. The world needs more men like Brandon! ❤

[@aranireland]

This made me cry what an earth angel this young man is

[@roseharper2648]

Well done 🙏

[@JaneA544]

Fair play to them they are heroes 👏 🙌 👍 👌 ❤️

[@rebel4029]

This young lad deserves a huge reward for doing this 🎉 We should also as a state decriminalise drug possession of small amounts and change how these laws around "drug driving" where a person is convicted two weeks after for failing a test and then summarily they lose their license, car, livelihood, job etc which evidently *Leads* to Homelessness.

[@thinlizzy8019]

What an inspiring young man you are Brandon you will be rewarded one day all the luck in the world from carrick on suir

[@sineadharris4074]

Great work you lads

[@tonyreilly2084]

Fair play to you Brandon.

[@jenzerr8856]

What an amazing young man ♥️

[@williamscannell7103]

Legend...

[@bmxizklaz]

Brilliant fair play to him 😎

[@ImATrillionaire]

Amazing work well done young Irish man❤❤🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🙏💯

[@user-hf2vt1nh2i]

You are an inspiration Brandon...what a superb human being you are.

[@patbash5718]

Well done young man

[@useall7665]

Fair play🎉

[@katiecassidy9435]

Very inspiring 👏

[@barrygormley]

Excellent work lads. Brandon's is an incredible story.

[@martingrefen7792]

Respect, young man

[@vibrantscolor]

Well done to you and your group. An inspiration to both young and old. Originally from Dublin I am very impressed by all your hard work. ❤️👍

[@lee9650]

They should have charities like this in all cities.

[@liamodoherty5588]

Amazing young man, will be put down in Irish history…keep doing what you do mate need more people like ye

[@TominoK78]

Great Job lads! Keep telling them that their "Mindset" is the key to better future, they must switch thinking and all will come!

[@celtic3552]

Fair play young man 🍀💯🇮🇪🇮🇪❤️💙🍀💯

[@user-ik6yg6hd3i]

You do the O'connors proud ❤

[@GripperSim]

Nice one.

[@JH-ly9qg]

Tearing up here ❤

[@michaelstewart9188]

Respect to you and your team Brandon

[@aoifekelly9859]

Brilliant

[@LaurenceOConnor-fg4dk]

Homeless shelters are a racket. Homeless shelters are run for profit. Homeless shelters are filthy. Homeless shelters provide lucrative careers for middle-class Irish who have messianic narcissistic complexes. Homeless shelters are part of the homeless problem.

[@QROTICIS]

Totally agree homeless shelters are middle class scams.

[@24tommy109]

Do you think increasing the population by 3% last year had anything to do with it

[@stanbolger9262]

Jesus he great lad specilly coming from his situation grandparents done a goodjob

[@stephenwalsh5627]

Well done 💯

[@teminla1663]

🙏❤️

[@bigbrainmcflurry2425]

The kids got a heart

[@smashyrashy]

A saint

[@trollsnotwelcome7805]

❤❤❤

[@janetfitzgerald9752]

According to our government, we can provide housing for the entire world, but not our own.

[@grlfcgombeenhunter2897]

Heartbreaking

[@SSuillin]

​@@grlfcgombeenhunter2897all by design. Be under no illusions

[@michaelosullivan2305]

💯👌

[@vero9348]

Why don't you hear about the 1.000 homeless refugees on the news?? They're expecting housing, what about the national homeles? Are they expecting housing?

[@grlfcgombeenhunter2897]

IFTI 🙏🏻🇮🇪🙏🏻

[@Ytfor]

Why do you Irish not demand more of your government, why is every service out there a volunteer organization or charity? It is very commendable what this person is doing. But for a country that has one of the highest GDP in the EU your government clearly has failed looking after their own country and its citizens.

[@jarrettraymond7765]

End the migrant crisis

[@freespirit3508]

Zero gov money for that either

[@user-uu6ju9lb1s]

Rough sleeper seems a bit rough to call them? Why the snake jumper? Men and women sleeping on hard times maybe?