Social Democrats Louth Issue 1 Volume 1 | Page 13

Who is Mark Dayton? Is he an ideological warrior from the left? No, in fact, he’s the billionaire great-grandson of George Dayton, the founder of Dayton's Department Store, now the Target Corporation—one of the biggest retail chains in America. Meanwhile . . . . . . here in Ireland, the crises are mounting. In housing, somewhere around 100,000 individuals and families are on the waiting list for social housing. According to the Peter McVerry Trust, 7,421 people were homeless in February 2017, an increase of 65.7% from the same month last year (4875). Of those homeless last month, 2546 were children. These homeless families are condem