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#Emergency Accommodation
# emergency-accommodation - Thursday 14 November, 2019
Families should no longer be provided with one-night emergency accommodation, committee will recommend
Experts will instead suggest that stable placements in suitable temporary accommodation for families be provided.
# emergency-accommodation - Wednesday 16 October, 2019
State paying hotels and guesthouses €462,000 per week to accommodate asylum seekers
€18 million was spent on emergency accommodation for asylum seekers in the first nine months of 2019.
# emergency-accommodation - Monday 23 September, 2019
'I don't want to see these people on our streets': Charlie Flanagan admits 'crisis' in asylum seeker accommodation
The Justice Minister says over 1,300 asylum seekers are currently in emergency accommodation.
# emergency-accommodation - Tuesday 27 August, 2019
Emergency accommodation for asylum seekers costs three times more than Direct Provision centres
Over 1,000 asylum seekers are now living in hotels and B&Bs around Ireland.
# emergency-accommodation - Saturday 24 August, 2019
Cockroaches, mould and aggressive staff: Documents convey reality of life in homeless accommodation
New documents detail the issues facing people living in homeless emergency accommodation.
# emergency-accommodation - Monday 19 August, 2019
Asylum seekers forced to wash clothes in sinks at Dublin hotel
Over 1,000 asylum seekers are now living in hotels and B&Bs around Ireland.
# emergency-accommodation - Wednesday 31 July, 2019
'There is no holiday from homelessness': Government criticised as figures reach 10,000 for fifth month
Figures published today show there are now 10,172 people in emergency accommodation.
# emergency-accommodation - Wednesday 29 May, 2019
Minister for Housing accepts 'need to do more' as latest figures show record levels of homelessness
10,378 people were recorded in emergency accommodation in April.
# emergency-accommodation - Tuesday 30 April, 2019
There are now over 10,300 people homeless in Ireland, a new record high
A rough sleeper count also found 128 people sleeping on the streets in Dublin.
# emergency-accommodation - Saturday 27 April, 2019
DCC's Keegan says criticism 'near hysterical' over him calling homeless services 'attractive' option
That is according to correspondence obtained by TheJournal.ie under Freedom of Information.
# emergency-accommodation - Sunday 17 March, 2019
'A generation locked out': The families spending more than two years in emergency accommodation
The Dublin Regional Homeless Executive found that 1,233 families were residing in emergency accommodation at the end of 2018.
# emergency-accommodation - Thursday 14 March, 2019
Sean O'Casey's last home set to be used as homeless accommodation
The playwright wrote his renowned Dublin trilogy in the house in the 1920s.
# emergency-accommodation - Wednesday 27 February, 2019
'A national trauma': There are now 9,987 people living in homeless accommodation in Ireland
This is an increase of 169 adults and 65 children on last month.
The government got an 'F' from 100 organisations over how it's handling child and family homelessness
The government has also been criticised for not introducing national standards for emergency accommodation.
# emergency-accommodation - Wednesday 13 February, 2019
Private company paid €1.6 million in 4 months to find emergency accommodation for asylum seekers
195 people are currently living in hotels and B&Bs in the Cavan-Monaghan area.
# emergency-accommodation - Tuesday 22 January, 2019
Significant increase in homeless children attending Temple Street hospital last year
Mary Lou McDonald has accused Leo Varadkar of ‘normalising child homelessness’.
# emergency-accommodation - Sunday 14 October, 2018
'He chose to die at home. The hostel was his home': Lynn Ruane on hidden health problems in homelessness
The health rights of people in emergency accommodation are not a subject that comes up often enough, writes Lynn Ruane.
# emergency-accommodation - Saturday 13 October, 2018
Homeless accommodation: Staff complaints detail racial abuse, drug use, threatening behaviour
New documents reveal complaints by staff in emergency accommodation to the homeless providers in Dublin.
# emergency-accommodation - Monday 27 August, 2018
Bed bugs, used needles and rat droppings - life inside homeless accommodation
New documents detail the issues facing people living in homeless emergency accommodation.
# emergency-accommodation - Thursday 23 August, 2018
Drug-taking, violence and self-harming - what users of emergency accommodation witness at night
A new survey of the experiences of users has been published by the Dublin Inquirer.
# emergency-accommodation - Saturday 18 August, 2018
Dermot Bannon: 'People could end up stuck in modular homes for ten years'
The architect and presenter of Room to Improve said Ireland needs to work on building communities – not just houses.
# emergency-accommodation - Tuesday 10 July, 2018
Residents happy with rapid-build homes - but some still feel a prevailing sense of insecurity
A new report has detailed the experiences of residents of the first two rapid-build developments.
# emergency-accommodation - Wednesday 13 June, 2018
Ombudsman sounds warning about 'invisible' homeless children and family hubs
Ombudsman for Children Dr Niall Muldoon says the government needs to change its thinking.
# emergency-accommodation - Saturday 5 May, 2018
If a family are living in accommodation paid for through homeless funding, does that make them homeless?
The government says 600 people were counted wrongly as being homeless, others are not so sure.
# emergency-accommodation - Tuesday 27 February, 2018
'It's a moral shame': Another 188 children have become homeless since the start of the year
There were 1,517 families with 3,267 children staying in emergency accommodation in January.
# emergency-accommodation - Monday 1 January, 2018
Loneliness, mental health, separation: How homelessness affects children later in life
Two Cork students examined how homelessness affects children for the upcoming BT Young Scientist Exhibition.
# emergency-accommodation - Thursday 28 December, 2017
Focus Ireland provided 145 homes to homeless couples, families and individuals this year
3,333 children were homeless in Ireland in November.
# emergency-accommodation - Tuesday 19 December, 2017
'It's deeply, deeply depressing': There are still over 3,300 children homeless in Ireland
There were 1,530 families with 3,333 children staying in emergency accommodation in November.
# emergency-accommodation - Saturday 16 December, 2017
Peter McVerry Trust to provide new accommodation for 100 people and 24 families before Christmas
The new services are located Dublin City, Fingal, and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown and will include two new family hubs.
# emergency-accommodation - Friday 27 October, 2017
Murphy hails 'progress' housing people but numbers in emergency accommodation hit record levels
Sinn Féin’s housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin called Murphy’s bullishness “spin”.
# emergency-accommodation - Tuesday 5 September, 2017
'The impact on children is very severe': 18 babies were born into a homeless charity's services last year
Depaul Ireland launched its 2016 annual report today.
# emergency-accommodation - Friday 1 September, 2017
'Doing everything we can': Minister to lead emergency housing summit after death of two homeless people
Homeless beds in Dublin are at maximum capacity as the problem continues to worsen.
# emergency-accommodation - Friday 11 August, 2017
Families forced to leave homes after burst pipe causes flooding, sinkhole
A large water mains burst at Bengal Terrace and flooded 11 homes on 15 July.
# emergency-accommodation - Thursday 10 August, 2017
Census 2016: Nearly one in five homeless adults have a job
In all, 27% of homeless people were aged 18 and under on Census night in April 2016.
# emergency-accommodation - Wednesday 9 August, 2017
'A loss of dignity': Homeless children are living on takeaways and dining on the floor
Children living in emergency accommodation are living off frozen food and takeaways, according to a new report.
# emergency-accommodation - Monday 24 July, 2017
Cockroaches, mould and chronic drug abuse in front of children - life in homeless accommodation
New documents detail the issues facing people living in homeless emergency accommodation.
# emergency-accommodation - Thursday 6 July, 2017
'No place to breathe, no place to think': Family living in emergency accommodation for over 2 years
Tarina Knight has been homeless with her partner David and daughter Amy (17) since April 2015.
# emergency-accommodation - Sunday 28 May, 2017
Coveney's aim for no homeless families in hotels by July? Not a chance says McVerry
The campaigner said that it is clear that Coveney’s proposals on homelessness crisis “are just not working”.
# emergency-accommodation - Friday 26 May, 2017
Record high: There are over 2,700 children and almost 5,000 adults homeless in Ireland
The number of homeless people has more than doubled since December 2014.
# emergency-accommodation - Thursday 26 January, 2017
Ireland's homeless figure has just passed 7,000 for the first time
A number of homeless charities have called for Minister for Housing Simon Coveney “to get empty homes back into the housing system”.
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Poll: Are live debates influencing how you'll vote in the General Election?
WE’RE JUST 11 days out from poll day for the General Election.
Last night, the seven leaders from the main political parties took part in RTÉ’s first live TV debate of the campaign.
The leaders of political parties which included – Fine Gael’s Leo Varadkar, Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald, Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin, Green Party’s Eamon Ryan, People Before Profit’s Richard Boyd Barrett, Labour’s Brendan Howlin and Roísín Shortall of the Social Democrats – clashed over housing, pensions, crime and taxation.
This debate came after Varadkar and Martin went head-to-head on Virgin Media One last week.
So, today we want to know: Are live debates influencing how you’ll vote in the General Election?
Poll Results:
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Yes (1271)
I'm not sure / no opinion (282)
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Wedding prayers and toasts can sound so beautiful in Irish, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
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