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# Homeless

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'I didn't realise how heavy it weighed on me': Homeless family on getting keys to their council house
An Post to offer homeless people addresses at post offices to avail of services
'This is a countrywide problem': Cork activists to protest government's handling of housing crisis
'No one wants refugees to become homeless': Call to delay closure of Direct Provision centre
'It's about creating a system that's kind': HSE piloting scheme for homeless patients in hospitals
'We are seeing people who have a home, but they can’t afford the heating or the food to cook'
Rising rents and lack of social housing has driven up homelessness in Ireland, EU warns
'A national trauma': There are now 9,987 people living in homeless accommodation in Ireland
The government got an 'F' from 100 organisations over how it's handling child and family homelessness
'Ignored at viewings because they're black or Asian': Dozens of asylum seekers facing homelessness
Young people share their experiences in care: 'This was the chapter where I turned my life around'
'We've been to too many funerals': Study shows one third of homeless deaths linked to drugs or alcohol
This is what to do if you see a homeless person sleeping rough tonight
Fr Peter McVerry says council told him homeless man would have to 'come and get a sleeping bag'
'Clearly isn't true': Dispute over claims there are enough beds for rough sleepers during cold snap
Over 3,500 children in Ireland were homeless for Christmas in 2018
Public urged to report rough sleepers as temperatures drop during Status Yellow warning
Teachers speak out: 'Homeless students are being forced to live a double life'
Significant increase in homeless children attending Temple Street hospital last year
'We have very different values': Focus official hits back at Skehan's comments that homelessness is 'normal'
Former top housing official claims homelessness in Ireland is 'normal'
More than 50% of people think we should introduce France's winter eviction ban
'There's anger on the streets': The volunteers handing out food and fitting dentures at the GPO
Over 450 poor and homeless people will be given a Christmas Day dinner at the RDS today
'Give families a chance to stay in their homes': Hundreds attend anti-eviction protest in Roscommon
'It can be damaging': People warned to avoid bogus charity collectors over Christmas
'Do the decent thing and resign': Murphy blasted as homeless numbers almost hit 10,000
Peter McVerry Trust increases number of homeless beds to just under 1,000
Over 1,725 families and 3,800 children: Homelessness increases before Christmas
'I have no words': Rick O'Shea Book Club homeless charity appeal raises almost €36,000
'It's my home. I can say it however many times I like': Teenager homeless for over two years housed before Christmas
16-year-old living in a family hub: 'It kind of does kill your Christmas spirit'
Landlord to pay mother €7k after landlord refused to accept rent supplement money
Opinion: The Irish state is a very bad parent - when its children turn 18 they often end up on the streets
Twelve PRACTICAL ways to help the homeless this Christmas and New Year
Important information or a 'distraction': Exactly how many people are living in homeless accommodation?
In Ireland, there is a 'widespread assumption' that your local TD or councillor can help you get a council house
Sesame Street introduces first-ever homeless character
'My dad was on heroin... I was put into care when I was 8': The experience of young homeless families
'We shouldn't accept homelessness as normal': 13,304 helped by Simon Communities last year