It is a grossly shameful indictment of successive governments in this country when homelessness figures have risen by a stunning 24% in just the last 12 months. While politicians spread far and wide across the …
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Government will not deliver on a pledge made by the previous Housing Minister Simon Coveney to take hundreds of families out of temporary accommodation by July 1 this year. The new pallbearer …
Figures released today show that almost 140 people slept rough on our streets in Dublin this Spring 2017. The exact figure of 138 shows a marked increase of just over 35% since the same time …
Focus Ireland has given a very stark warning to the government that sees the homelessness crisis at an all time low. Their figures show the number of 18 to 24-year-olds who are homeless in 2017 …
It doesn’t get much worse than this. ANOTHER homeless person has died on our streets today. The horrific news has emerged after 25-yr-old Cork native Conor O’Hagan was hospitalized in Tullamore from symptoms sustained from …
There is growing concern amongst Homeless charities today after new figures have revealed that homelessness has reached an all time high. The latest figures have found that there were 7,167 people homeless in the month …
Thousands of students from secondary schools across Waterford and Cork are set to hand over a petition to Minister Simon Coveney to do anything to resolve the homelessness crisis. The petition will put pressure on …
In 2017 over 6985 people, 2,549 of which are children are officially homeless in Ireland. However this figure does not include the ‘hidden homeless’ who are living in squats or ‘sofa surfing’ with friends and family. …
Really meaning that he personally will come out unscathed from the water charges debacle, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said that the Government will ‘survive’ the water issue. Adding to his own delusion of power, Mr. …
As ministers and TDs enjoy their extended, taxpayer-funded Christmas break and say goodbye to 2016 without a care in the world, 7,000 ordinary people are listed as homeless in the very country those same politicians …
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