# homelessness - Saturday 1 October, 2022
# HOUSING SUPPLY
# HOUSING SUPPLY
Changes to the homeless HAP are also on the way.
# homelessness - Friday 30 September, 2022
# Record Figures
In total, there were 7,585 adults who accessed emergency accommodation in the last week of August. There were also 3,220 children recorded as accessing emergency accommodation. August is the eighth consecutive month where the number of people accessing emergency accommodation has risen.
# homelessness - Monday 26 September, 2022
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
One activist told the court that the state’s attitude to homelessness was to say that ‘it can’t do anything about it’.
# homelessness - Thursday 22 September, 2022
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
‘The present thing for homeless people is they are without hope. It’s despair. It’s exhaustion,’ he said.
# homelessness - Monday 19 September, 2022
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
‘I’m not here to say everything is grand because it’s not,’ he stated.
# homelessness - Tuesday 13 September, 2022
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
There have been calls for the government to collect data on this kind of ‘hidden homelessness’.
# homelessness - Friday 26 August, 2022
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
In total, there were 7,431 adults accessing emergency accommodation in the last week of July.
# homelessness - Monday 8 August, 2022
# Housing
# Housing
From April 2021 until the end of June 451 investigations have been initiated by the RTB against landlords.
# homelessness - Friday 29 July, 2022
# Crisis
# Crisis
A total of 10,492 people, including 1,385 families with 3,071 children, are homeless.
# homelessness - Sunday 10 July, 2022
# Housing
# Housing
The study says that outside of Dublin, properties available to rent within HAP limits are worryingly low.
# homelessness - Saturday 2 July, 2022
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
The claim was made by Cian O’Callaghan last week.
# homelessness - Friday 24 June, 2022
# Housing
# Housing
There are 3,028 children in emergency accommodation.
# homelessness - Wednesday 22 June, 2022
# Moyross
# Moyross
In April, homelessness in County Limerick was 27% higher than it was in the previous April.
# homelessness - Thursday 16 June, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
We speak to Mike Allen from Focus Ireland to find out more.
# homelessness - Tuesday 31 May, 2022
# Raise The Roof
# Raise The Roof
For the first time since the pandemic, the number of adults and children registered as homeless has reached five figures.
# homelessness - Sunday 29 May, 2022
# Housing
# Housing
The number of people who were homeless nationwide in the last week of April was 10,049.
# homelessness - Friday 27 May, 2022
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
It’s the fourth consecutive month that a rise in the number of people accessing emergency accommodation has been recorded.
# homelessness - Friday 29 April, 2022
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
Figures released by the Department of Housing show that in March 9,825 people were homeless.
# homelessness - Tuesday 19 April, 2022
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
Figures recorded by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive show that 91 people were sleeping rough in Dublin from 28 March to 3 April.
# homelessness - Friday 25 March, 2022
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
The Department of Housing released the latest figures this afternoon.
# homelessness - Friday 25 February, 2022
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
Official homeless figures for January indicate that there are now 6,587 adults and 2,563 children accessing emergency accommodation.
# homelessness - Monday 21 February, 2022
# Children's Rights Alliance
# Children's Rights Alliance
In December 2021 there were 1,077 families experiencing homelessness and 2,451 homeless children.
# homelessness - Saturday 19 February, 2022
# Ichh
# Ichh
An inter-departmental group was due to submit its recommendations at the end of 2021 but this deadline was missed.
# homelessness - Friday 7 January, 2022
# Homelessness Report
# Homelessness Report
Homelessness is highest in Dublin, with 4,568 adults in emergency accommodation being reported.
# homelessness - Saturday 25 December, 2021
# Emergency Accommodation
# Emergency Accommodation
Over 2,500 children in Ireland are currently homeless.
# homelessness - Thursday 23 December, 2021
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
Ireland is one of just five other EU countries that has had above average numbers of children at risk of poverty for ten consecutive years.
# homelessness - Saturday 11 December, 2021
# Dublin
The complaints related to drug use, alleged bullying and conditions in the facilities, Órla Ryan reports A number of people reported being harassed or attacked by other residents One person said the bed covers in their hostel were "covered in blood"
# homelessness - Wednesday 8 December, 2021
# Housing Assistance Payment
# Housing Assistance Payment
Alison Gilliland said funding an initial deposit could be key to keeping many people out of homeless services.
# homelessness - Monday 6 December, 2021
# Ichh
Councillors were due to vote on replacing Anthony Flynn in October but were split over how to proceed Some councillors are backing a volunteer from Inner City Helping Homeless, the charity Flynn co-founded However others say the vote should be deferred until various investigations are complete, writes Órla Ryan
# homelessness - Tuesday 30 November, 2021
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
Focus Ireland launched an art exhibition highlighting families living in homelessness today.
# homelessness - Friday 26 November, 2021
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
2,500 children were living in emergency accommodation last month.
# homelessness - Wednesday 24 November, 2021
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
Micheál Martin has urged local authorities to ‘use common sense’.
# homelessness - Monday 1 November, 2021
# ICHH Wind Down
# ICHH Wind Down
The charity’s assets are estimated to be in excess of €1 million.
# Ana Liffey Drug Project
# Ana Liffey Drug Project
It also led to a decreased reliance on drugs and alcohol among some service users.
# homelessness - Friday 29 October, 2021
# Darragh O'Brien
# Darragh O'Brien
Latest figures showed there were 8,475 people who are homeless in September – the fourth consecutive month that the number has risen.
# homelessness - Sunday 10 October, 2021
# Homelessness
Concerns have been raised about so-called “unofficial money lenders” targeting people as they queue in soup runs A number of people who work or volunteer in the homelessness sector have warned about the "worrying trend" People borrow small amounts of cash but are charged around 40% in interest, Órla Ryan reports
# homelessness - Wednesday 6 October, 2021
# Ireland Housing System
# Ireland Housing System
Wayne Stanley of Simon Communities is asking Government to consider a Bill to prevent more people from slipping into homelessness.
# homelessness - Tuesday 5 October, 2021
# Focus Ireland
# Focus Ireland
Focus Ireland has launched its annual report.
# homelessness - Thursday 30 September, 2021
# Ichh
# Ichh
An internal report for ICHH detailed four serious allegations made against the charity’s founder, Anthony Flynn.
# homelessness - Tuesday 14 September, 2021
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
Less than 25% of lone parents reported home-ownership, compared with 70% of the total population.
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