Eur 300-a-Day Beggars Are Harming the Homeless ; Don't Pay Those Who Want a Handout and Not a Hand Up, Says Big Issue Boss [Eire Region]

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Beggars earning up to EUR 300 a day have been criticised by bosses at The Big Issue, who claim that they are harming the attempts of genuine homeless people to get themselves out of poverty.

sean Kavanagh, the editor of The Big Issue, has said that the growing problem of the begging culture has had a detrimental effect on legitimate sellers of his magazine, whom he says are 'lone entrepreneurs' trying to give themselves a small measure of independence.

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Eur 300-a-Day Beggars Are Harming the Homeless ; Don't Pay Those Who Want a Handout and Not a Hand Up, Says Big Issue Boss [Eire Region]

Mr Kavanagh said: 'The fact is the begging culture has had a very serious effect on legitimate sellers of the magazine.

'There is a misconception that the sellers of the Big I...

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