People moving to Ireland from EU states a factor in housing strain - Minister
Taoiseach recently questioned ‘peculiar situation’ of homeless numbers rising despite high level of social homes being allocated
Taoiseach recently questioned ‘peculiar situation’ of homeless numbers rising despite high level of social homes being allocated
More must be done to protect children with 4,401 children in emergency accommodation, charity chief said at report launch
Charity calls for more one-bed and family accommodation as it reveals a 12.5% increase in the number of people it supported in 2023
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Amid ‘grim record’ for homelessness, Minister for Housing seeks locations for residential developments
Over 4,000 children in some 2,000 families were homeless last month
A tale of two Bobs is a reminder that at the heart of homelessness is a mystery we can’t solve
Inspectors warned of substantial risk of infection diseases being spread
Harbour Court, blighted by drugs and crime, will not be closed off until at least end of September
Ombudsman for Children blames move away from local authority housing for rising numbers in economic homelessness
Number of homes available on second-hand market down 50% in 10 years, says MyHome.ie
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More than 14,000 people were homeless in the State in June - not including those sleeping rough, in domestic violence shelters or seeking asylum
Charity’s report shows tenancy termination biggest issue facing its clients
‘They told me pitching a tent in the city is illegal so why do they give us tents? It makes no sense.’
Friends gather to remember American who died alongside another homeless man at the Grand Canal
Streamlining and safeguarding of treatment of homeless patients upon their discharge into the community among projects funded for innovations in urban healthcare
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Donal Scanlon from Ballybunion, Co Kerry, and Alex Warnick, originally from the United States, were both known to homeless services
Classes targeted frailty as many homeless people in their 20s, 30s and 40s have physical frailty of those in their 70s and 80s, says researcher
Specialist fears ‘society is numb’ to child homelessness as it reaches record levels
There are about 330,000 properties being rented in the private sector, but no tenant is immune from the possibility of losing the roof over their head
More than 4,316 children included in latest official emergency accommodation figures from Department of Housing
Number of people coming to State from Ukraine down from average 340 per week in January to 188 per week in June
Numbers in religious orders are dwindling - but experts disagree about how big the opportunity to is
Dublin County Council faces High Court action after informing family it would not pay €300 a month to the landlord for a car parking space and €85 in service charges
Finglas community ‘has a lot of love to give and gives it out in plenty’ but feels ‘forgotten about and ignored’
The report brings together all the official data measured by the Department of Housing on homelessness over the past ten years, for the first time
Ukrainian refugees have been told they ‘cannot access homeless services’, says Doras chief executive
The wealthier the State has become, the more money it shells just to find homeless families a bed for the night
Data published on Friday show that between April 22nd and 28th, there were 14,009 people in emergency accommodation
In preventing homeless people from finding a place of temporary shelter, the authorities have wrecked a particularly lovely public space
Brussels, Paris and Dublin all struggling to cope with large numbers of homeless asylum seekers
26-year-old mother of two spent months texting her husband ‘don’t be sad if we die’
More than 4,200 children among total of 14,009 individuals in emergency accommodation, up 14% in the last 12 months
‘We’ll be seeing the impact of this for generations,’ says children’s charity
Decision taken to deliver 654 units rather than 700 originally envisaged
Why does the Government not establish emergency accommodation centres in empty office blocks until alternative accommodation can be sourced?
This week’s clearance on Dublin’s Grand Canal was evidence of a more co-ordinated approach by authorities but there is still little sign of a longer-term accommodation solution
Simon Harris said long-term encampments would not be allowed to form again after transfers out of Mount Street and canal
State’s lawyers tell court an operation to move homeless applicants this week took ‘enormous’ planning
Gardaí are investigating and the area beside tents on Tara Street has been cordoned off
The charity - marking its 180th anniversary this year - relies on 10,000 volunteers to help the most disadvantaged cope with the rising cost of living and soaring rents
Charities seeing big increase in demand for food, sleeping bags, showers and other services
Richard Shakespeare, who had a ‘baptism of fire’ during the Dublin riots, lays out his plans for a safer, cleaner, less rundown city
Average of 59 people seeking asylum arrived each day during last week of March, almost one third of them children
A number of homeless families presented at the office in Dublin on Friday after it had closed for the Easter weekend
An English case with Enoch Burke overtones; loud objections to Morning Ireland; Stuart Carolan goes cockney; and Daft brother buys big in D6
Number has increased by more than 70 since Tuesday
‘Proper accommodation alternatives’ urged for those sleeping in tents such as the men recently moved from city centre to Crooksling
Taoiseach disagrees with suggestion that alternative site on grounds of former nursing home in Crooksling in southwest Dublin was too isolated for migrants
Men were told to pack belongings before 8am on Saturday morning, with cleaners on site by 10.30am
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