Two homeless men in Cork city have died of suspected drug overdoses.
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It brings to three the number of homeless people who've died in the last week.
The Irish Examiner reports that one of the men died in hospital after he collapsed in a shop in the city centre on Tuesday.
The second man was discovered in the toilets of a fast food outlet last weekend.
It follows a week of intense debate focused on tackling the homelessness issue in Dublin after the death of homeless man Jonathan Corrie just metres from the Dáil.
CEO of The Peter McVerry Trust Pat Doyle says it isn't unusual for a homeless person to die alone on our streets.
