Alice Leahy warns against using the disadvantaged ‘as source material’ in address

Flats clearance to make was for new housing and ‘processional boulevard’ to Croke Park

Time for State to consider creating much needed and appropriate institutional care

Agencies are funded mainly by the State, but expanding payrolls are burning up that money

Building new homes is the only way to tackle the crisis, housing committee chairman says

Focus Ireland closing John’s Lane hostel to build 31 social housing units on same site

‘That’s the card of stress, of anxiety, of things being all over the place’: we ask two tarot card readers how the general election will go

Passersby say piece of stone facade fell from above Brú Aimsir hostel into Thomas Street

Government funding for social housing is impressive but hinges on private construction and profits to go with it

Taoiseach rejects Opposition demand to increase rent subsidy

Opposition leaders insist homelessness problem worse now than it was a year ago

If Rent supplement is not increased to reflect the 30% rises that have already hit them another 100 or more families will face homelessness this Christmas

More than 300 beds will be available over the Christmas, Kelly tells homeless forum

No let up in demand for emergency accommodation as flow into homelessness continues

Dublin City Council last year reached agreement with the GAA to transfer lands to the association for a payment of €6.4 million

Of the 150 people sleeping rough in the middle of Dublin, about 20 spend the night on Grafton Street – living quiet, stressed, lonely lives amid its bustling commerce. We meet Paul, Robert, Tara, James and others who have a swanky address but little else

City council gets green light for GAA plan on housing and new ‘processional boulevard’

Bad planning, governance has led to horrendous situation for thousands – Dessie Ellis

Focus on emergency shelter ‘expensive and ineffective’, Dublin conference hears

More than 534 homeless and vulnerable received Dublin homes in last six months

Since January there has been an increase of 55 per cent in the number of homeless families volunteers have seen

Move comes six months after similar plan was cancelled due to political opposition

Children catered for by homeless services rockets 62% – to reach 911 bereft of home

Simon Communities say crisis is deepening, with 151 rough sleepers in Dublin alone

Sculpture ‘supposed to make you feel uneasy’ says Canadian artist Tim Schmalz

Number of homeless adults in emergency beds in Dublin up by over 300

Bronze will be installed on Christ Church Cathedral grounds a week later

Minister Alan Kelly wants to house homeless families in 62 flats, councillors told

Shrine created by public to his memory in nearby doorway now cleared away

Dramatic rent inflation in capital ensuring people remain homeless for longer periods

Piece will be placed at Dublin’s Christ Church cathedral

Tim Schmalz’s bronze statue is destined for Christ Church Cathedral, and it might be followed by a second statue near where homeless man Jonathan Corrie died

Ministers orders at least 50% of social housing in Dublin to be given to ‘vulnerable’

Fr Peter McVerry tells Róisín Ingle he has ‘given up’ trying to win support from government

Early indications suggest man died of natural causes and not foul play, gardaí say

Homeless charities, human rights activists and UN secretary general named on list

Tackling housing crisis in 2015 will prove bigger challenge than issue of rough sleeping

The house price crash and negative equity crisis were all a bad dream – now we’re in another one

From the Rehab controversy to the John McNulty affair and the Irish Water debacle, the people of Ireland finally had enough

Emergency home plan meant imperative over modular housing had passed, housing chief says