The little boy is being fed by a homeless shelter in Dublin (Picture: Facebook/Feed Our Homeless)

Reaching for a biscuit, this heartbreaking image shows a boy aged just five being fed at a Dublin homeless shelter.

The boy, given the pseudonym Sam, can also be seen sitting on a crate in the street just hours after finishing school.

Sadly it is not the first time the primary school student has had to be fed at the Feed Our Homeless shelter.

The group has branded it a ‘national shame’ and called on the housing minister to resign.


The shelter, based in Dublin, said the boy is in emergency accommodation where there are no cooking facilities.

The boy, aged five, has been pictured a number of times eating in the shelter (Picture: Facebook/Feed Our Homeless)

Several images of him have been posted on Facebook where he is seen eating biscuits as well as pasta off cardboard.



Alongside the stark pictures read a post saying: ‘There are no words for these photos tonight. This is a national shame, the homeless crisis continues to get worse, not better.

‘This young child in his school uniform and his bag just left school a few hours ago and is now having his dinner at Feed Our Homeless food station tonight.

‘It’s certainly becoming the norm here at the FOH food station every single week for young homeless children to have their dinner here simply because they have no cooking facilities available to them in their emergency accommodation.

‘Shame on this Government, no child should have to eat their dinner on the streets sitting on a crate on the footpath simply because they have no place to call home.

‘Children should be able to sit at a table with their parents to have their dinner like a normal family would.’

The little boy is one of 2,850 children in Dublin without secure accommodation (Picture: Facebook/Feed Our Homeless)

A report issued in August showed there were 6,143 adults and 2,850 children who were homeless or living in temporary or emergency accommodation in the Irish capital.

CEO and founder of Feed Our Homeless slammed Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy, saying his policies have ‘failed’.

He called on Mr Murphy to resign saying it was a ‘national shame’ that the housing crisis was getting worse not better.