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Leaving Cert students sat the first ever Politics exam today - here's what was in it
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'A communications strategy': Report criticised for recommending a stop to monthly homeless figures
20 Jun 2018
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'We come across kids who are exhausted... situations where toilet training has been almost impossible'
30 May 2018
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'It's shameful': Focus Ireland calls for urgent action to support elderly homeless people
16 Apr 2018
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Amy Huberman's tweet about #BreadGate is being turned into an actual t-shirt for charity
4 Mar 2018
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Here's what to do if you see a homeless person sleeping rough tonight
28 Feb 2018
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Is handing out free food and clothes to homeless people really the best way to help them?
17 Jan 2018
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Focus Ireland provided 145 homes to homeless couples, families and individuals this year
28 Dec 2017
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'I was nearly crying when I got accommodation. It's not just my home, it's a home for my children'
11 Dec 2017
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Number of homeless children in Ireland passes 3,000
29 Sep 2017
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Those on frontline of homeless crisis say the Housing Minister won't meet them
17 Sep 2017
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Everyone is talking about this powerful ad on youth homelessness in Ireland that played during Gogglebox
14 Sep 2017
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'A loss of dignity': Homeless children are living on takeaways and dining on the floor
9 Aug 2017
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A changing promise: The Government said it would get families in hotels out of homelessness, but now it's putting them into hubs
24 Jun 2017
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Minister admits the July deadline for getting homeless families out of hotels will not be met
22 Jun 2017
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Explainer: How does a homeless family end up having to present at a Garda station for shelter?
25 May 2017
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'My life is being ruined': Young homeless woman living in a tent on the Grand Canal
20 Apr 2017
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'I felt so alone and afraid': Out of the care system and straight into homelessness
17 Apr 2017
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'We have our own beds now': Will family hubs be able to replace hotels for homeless families?
16 Apr 2017
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The number of homeless people in Ireland has reached a record high
20 Feb 2017
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'Insecure in their homes': A third of people struggle to pay the rent or mortgage every month
16 Feb 2017
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Meet the team taking chronic rough sleepers off the streets of Dublin and giving them their own home
28 Jan 2017
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Ireland's homeless figure has just passed 7,000 for the first time
26 Jan 2017
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What's being done to help people sleeping rough cope with this freezing cold weather?
13 Jan 2017
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Trinity students are hiding books all around Dublin in a bid to raise money for the homeless
21 Dec 2016
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Hundreds of Irish people came together to write this beautiful poem about our little country
20 Dec 2016
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Over 2,500 children are homeless this Christmas - here's what's being done to help
18 Dec 2016
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Dragon's Den businessman sells home, raises €273,000 for homeless charities
17 Dec 2016
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Homeless families can now get 25 hours of free childcare
15 Dec 2016
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The vow to end homelessness by Christmas? Not going to happen
1 Dec 2016
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'There will be people lying in doorways and parks this Christmas': Homelessness in regional towns
30 Nov 2016
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Number of rough sleepers on Dublin streets up 56% in last year
30 Nov 2016
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Dragon’s Den businessman to sell Aran Islands home and donate funds to homeless charities
29 Nov 2016
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So here it is: Christmas FM returns to the airwaves
28 Nov 2016
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'My son said to me we'll need to put up a Christmas tree this year... please God we'll have a house first'
27 Nov 2016
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"I don't want to be 40 living in a tent waking up with a bottle of vodka beside me"
26 Nov 2016
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Number of adults and children in homeless families in Dublin trebles in two years
23 Nov 2016
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Housing crisis: Number of homeless families in Dublin exceeds 1,000 mark
2 Nov 2016
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"You had your whole life in a little bag and nothing to do and nowhere to go all day"
1 Sep 2016
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Nearly 100 families became homeless in Dublin in July
22 Aug 2016
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