Measures to assist homeless people, with mental health and addiction problems, to move out of emergency accommodation will be brought to Cabinet next week.
Measures to assist homeless people, with mental health and addiction problems, to move out of emergency accommodation will be brought to Cabinet next week.
Army life comes full of mottos referencing bravery, unity, strength and sacrifice — all serving as rallying cries when conditions are tough, responsibilities formidable and outcomes uncertain. There is none better known than the universal pledge of ‘no man left behind’.
MOREPeople who experience homelessness at a young age are at a real risk of experiencing it long term.
MOREA homelessness charity has claimed that a homeless man has been asked to leave a state run emergency accommodation unit after he released photographs of empty beds in the facility during the cold snap last week.
MOREThe number of single people in the East Cork region seeking one-bed local authority housing has outstripped those seeking larger homes.
MOREGovernments cannot solve all of the problems that take people from their own homes to sleeping bags, blankets, and cardboard tents in doorways on city streets, an all too familiar sight now not only in Cork and Dublin, but also across Europe.
MORECork City Council has rejected suggestions that it has reduced homeless services in Cork city.
MOREA housing charity says the long-term trend shows that the homeless crisis is getting worse.
MOREThe Government has been accused of breaking its promise to ensure no homeless person will sleep rough during this week's deep freeze after it was claimed 86 people were left on Dublin streets on Tuesday night.
MOREMortality rates are three to 10 times higher among homeless men and six to 10 times higher among homeless women compared to the general population.
MOREThe Irish Primary Principals' Network has said 27% of primary schools have children in their school that are homeless.
MOREIt has emerged that families who present as homeless, outside office hours, have been told by Dublin City Council to register at a Garda station before they can avail of services.
MOREThe Taoiseach has been accused of "normalising child homelessness" after being questioned on the more than 800 children who were discharged from Temple Street Hospital with no fixed address.
MOREOne of the country's main children's hospitals says there has been a 29 percent increase in the numbers of patients being discharged into homelessness.
MOREGovernment efforts to resolve the housing crisis remain unequal to the great challenge so solutions, or at least part of the solution, must come from outside of Official Ireland.
MORELaura O’Mahony spoke honestly on the Neil Prendeville show on Cork’s RedFM opening her door to the radio presenter.
MOREFigures released to Social Democrats councillor Dermot Looney reveal there are now 298 families on the council's books.
MOREDublin’s streets became all too familiar for Derek Maguire after he became homeless — but now he’s back on his feet, using that knowledge as a tour guide, writes Jonathan deBurca Butler.
MOREFour cans of cold lager stood flatly on the window sill. The man with the blue coat and haunted eyes stood guard over them like trophies.
MOREDublin's only dedicated homeless service for women will close this year after complaints from local residents.
MOREThe Government has come under intense scrutiny in the last year as the number of homeless people in Ireland reached a record high.
MOREThe report shows that there are 9,968 people homeless across the country with two-thirds of these in the Dublin Region.
MOREThe charity says the homes have been allocated to couples, individuals and families as part of its strategy to help tackle the homeless crisis.
MOREMany people will be forced to stay in hotels and B&Bs this festive period.
MOREHomeless campaigner Fr Peter McVerry says the Government should be building more homes not hostels to address the homeless crisis.
MOREInner City Helping Homeless says its outreach teams helped 106 people over the course of the night.
MOREA housing charity has expressed its disappointment at the continued rise in the number of homeless people.
MOREJust shy of 10,000 people are likely to be homeless for Christmas after new figures showed an increase in the number of people in emergency accommodation - the highest ever tally for the festive season.
MOREAn online appeal to raise €5,000 for a homeless charity has seen members of Ireland's biggest book club raise over €40,000 in five weeks.
MORELife expectancy for the homeless is nearly half that for people in stable housing.
MOREConcerns have been raised after a shipping container used to house a homeless man in Greystones Co. Wicklow was demolished.
MORECurtis Woodhouse says messages of support and offers of help have ‘restored my faith in the human race’.
MOREA new single is being released today asking Ireland to make the homeless their number one priority this Christmas.
MOREAround a quarter of homeless parents are aged between 18 and 24.
MORESo far this year, they have helped over 15,000 children.
MOREThe homeless charity's annual report shows there's been a two-thirds increase in demand for its services between 2015 and 2017.
MOREA new play in aid of Cork Penny Dinners has been informed by real stories of life on the streets. writes Colette Sheridan
MORESaint Vincent de Paul is appealing to the public to help it raise funds and awareness during its biggest fundraiser of the year.
MOREHaving a haircut is often an emotional experience for a long-time homeless person. When life is about surviving the elements, having your hair washed and styled can have a benefit to your spirit which far outweighs how you look in the salon mirror.
MOREThe video was posted on Facebook where it has racked up more than 167,000 views with many people blaming the Government for Leanne’s situation.
MOREA charity which feeds the homeless in Cork is providing up to 2,000 dinners a week up from a figure of just 80 to 100 in the Celtic Tiger years.
MOREChief Commissioner Les Allamby said the Government was not meeting its human rights obligations.
MOREThe annual #FillALuas event is underway at Connolly Station in Dublin this morning.
MOREAlmost one-third of all calls to the housing charity Threshold last year were from tenants faced with losing their home.
MOREEoghan Murphy says it is scaremongering to suggest it is happening across the board.
MORELeo Varadkar hit back at Mary-Lou McDonald by claiming if she cared about homeless, her party would tackle it in Derry where they have power.
MOREHomeless families with young children living in hotels are going to be thrown out on the streets this Christmas unless the Government finally brings in legislation that has been waiting on a shelf for more than a year.
MOREAnti-homeless campaigner Fr Peter McVerry pushes us to do our job – he keeps us on our toes, Minister of State for Housing, Damien English, admits.
MOREHomeless families with young children living in hotels are going to be thrown out on the streets this Christmas unless the Government finally brings in legislation that has been waiting on a shelf for more than a year.
MORETaoiseach Leo Varadkar has described as “very disappointing” the increase in people sleeping rough on our streets.
MORELack of suitable housing, separation from a partner or family, or unemployment have contributed to a ‘perfect storm’, a charity says.
MOREA Dublin city councillor is calling for those who use emergency accommodation to be charged for the service.
MOREThe Peter McVerry Trust says it has worked with just under 5,000 people in the last year.
MOREMashed potatoes, Angela said. It was mashed potatoes that made her cry.
MOREBeing spontaneously charitable on a street level has become difficult in a cashless society, but technology could also solve the problem it created, says Eoin Weldon.
MORENew figures released this evening show the number of people sleeping rough in Dublin has increased to 156.
MORERick O'Shea has raised over €22k for the homeless with just one tweet.
MOREA new poll shows that almost 80% of Irish people believe the government is spending too little on addressing homelessness, and 45% would pay more taxes to help fix the problem.
MOREOn the day the Government published their homeless figures for October, now standing at 9,724, Take Back The City took to the bridge.
MOREThere are calls for the Central Statistics Office to take over the compilation of homeless figures from the Department of Housing immediately.
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