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Narrow definition of homelessness failing to respond to true nature of crisis

Homelessness in Ireland is being defined in a relatively narrow way, and is failing to respond to the true nature of homelessness, a report has stated. The report found that homelessness focused on people sleeping rough and the number and duration ...

19 Sept 2022 at 16:03

National News

Homelessness campaigner apologises to Taoiseach over evictions comment

Homelessness campaigner Fr Peter McVerry has apologised to Leo Varadkar after claiming the Taoiseach had overruled Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien on extending the temporary moratorium on no-fault evictions. Mr Varadkar had denied the ...

05 Apr 2023 at 15:33

National News

Homelessness campaigner apologises to Taoiseach over evictions comment

05 Apr 2023 at 15:33

Ireland

Darragh O’Brien says homelessness ‘first thing’ on his mind each morning

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has said homelessness rates in Ireland are the “first thing” he thinks about every morning, as the country reached a new record of people in emergency accommodation. There were 13,841 people accessing ...

28 Mar 2024 at 22:52

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Number of homeless people in the West reaches 159, 29 of them are children

The number of people officially homeless in Ireland has reached another record high, with 13,179 consisting of 9188 Adults and 3991 children in local authority-managed accommodation at the end of October 2023. This figure represents ...

24 Nov 2023 at 21:33

Local News

Laois, Midlands and national homeless figures revealed as records broken

The Government's new monthly Homeless Report has shown record numbers of people in Ireland with nowhere to call home and it also carries figures for Laois. Nationally there were 9,409 homeless adults and 4,105 homeless children in ...

05 Jan 2024 at 19:33

‘No apology was sought’ from campaigner over evictions comment – Varadkar

Ireland

Homelessness campaigner apologises to Taoiseach over evictions comment

The Taoiseach has said that an apology was not sought from a homelessness campaigner who claimed that the housing minister had been overruled on wanting to extend the eviction ban. Peter McVerry apologised to Leo Varadkar after ...

05 Apr 2023 at 19:55

Ireland

Record level of children and adults in emergency accommodation

A record number of 13,841 people were accessing emergency homeless accommodation by the end of February, according to the latest figures. This includes 4,170 children – also the highest number ever recorded. The children come ...

28 Mar 2024 at 16:13

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Longford among counties with fewest number of homeless people - new report

A new report on the number of homeless people in the country has been labelled as "shocking" by a homelessness charity. Focus Ireland made the comment on their X (formerly Twitter) page today (December 5), following the ...

05 Jan 2024 at 18:33

Ireland

Government ‘obscuring cost’ of failure to reduce homelessness – Focus Ireland

Focus Ireland has accused the Government of “obscuring the cost” of its failure to reduce homelessness. The charity said that organisations working in the sector are left “permanently on the edge of crisis”. It comes ...

03 Sept 2024 at 14:37

Ireland

Fact check: Photograph of homeless person on Dublin street was taken in 2019

An image circulating online appears to show a homeless person sleeping next to an election poster for Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach Simon Harris. As well as being shared by individuals, the image has been posted by ...

12 Nov 2024 at 09:43

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REVEALED: The number of homeless in Carlow in 2023 - 'shocking' new report

A new government report was published by the Department of Housing on Friday (December 5) and revealed a total of 13,500 people accessed emergency accommodation nationwide in the last week of November 2023, an ...

09 Jan 2024 at 09:33

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