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Tuesday 18 January 2022
A new report from Respond found that only 8% of families supported by the charity received social housing in 2018.
The Ombudsman for Children’s Office spoke with 80 children living in family hubs around the country.
New documents reveal complaints by staff in emergency accommodation to the homeless providers in Dublin.
More families are continuing to live in hotels a year after the government pledged to end the practice.
There were 1365 families with 2895 children staying in emergency accommodation in June.
New documents detail the issues facing people living in homeless emergency accommodation.
IHREC released a detailed report outlining its concerns about the new family hub model of homeless accommodation.
Family hubs are group accommodation units specifically for homeless families.
There were 1,312 families with 2,777 children homeless staying in emergency accommodation in May.
New planned homeless accommodation has come under strong criticism.
The Housing Minister has said hotels will no longer be used for homeless families by July.
THE WORLD HAS gone mad for Wordle.
The crossword-style game has gained over two and a half million players since software engineer Josh Wardle created it as a gift for his partner only three months ago.
Every day, players are given a new five-letter word to figure out in only six guesses.
Once complete, they get a block of green, yellow, black and white blocks that they can share on social media, but only other players will be able to understand what it means.
So today, we’re asking: Have you played Wordle yet?
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Ireland must address gender-based violence once and for all, Professor Jane Monckton Smith writes.
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