24 May 2019

My Streets Ireland: From homeless to tour guides

From Lately, 10:45 pm on 24 May 2019

Rents have increased in Ireland by nearly 25 percent over the past four years - and the numbers of homesless has soared to more than 10,000 people, according to house charities. This presented an opportunity for entrepreneur Austin Campbell, why not train these people up as tour guides - giving them a way to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, rather than relying wholly on charity. So he set up a social enterprise, My Streets Ireland, for that exact purpose. Austin speaks to Emile about My Streets and how he got the project into motion.