#Homelessness

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Child poverty
Number of children in Ireland in consistent poverty rose 78% to 100,000 in just one year
More than 102,000 children are now in consistent poverty as experts warn Ireland faces a generational poverty crisis without intervention.

Tue, 10 Jun, 2025

Rental sector changes will encourage landlords to evict tenants, Focus Ireland warns
Rental sector changes will encourage landlords to evict tenants, Focus Ireland warns
It comes as a number of trade unions and organisations came together ahead of a Raise the Roof rally outside Leinster House next week

Mon, 09 Jun, 2025

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Sweeping RPZ changes could be a 'timebomb' with tens of thousands of tenants facing eviction
Proposed changes to the rent pressure zone system are intended to attract international investment and kickstart the building of apartments

Mon, 09 Jun, 2025

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Record 15,580 people homeless in Ireland at end of April, new figures show
Latest housing data reveals the highest-ever total, with nearly 5,000 children in emergency accommodation nationwide

Fri, 30 May, 2025

homless person asleep
Half of homeless women who died from drug-related causes had history of mental health issues
There were 128 drug-related deaths involving homeless people in 2021

Tue, 20 May, 2025

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Government must introduce new support models to take people out of homelessness, charity warns
At the end of March, there were 15,418 people recorded as homeless in Ireland

Mon, 19 May, 2025

Cork City isn't a 'no go' area for me, but the numbers of homeless shock me
Cork City isn't a 'no go' area for me, but the numbers of homeless shock me
Cork feels safe to walk, with no so-called 'no-go' zones — but its worsening homelessness crisis demands urgent action

Fri, 16 May, 2025

'It’s a grim marker': Cork musician to perform his song about housing crisis outside Dáil for 157th time
'It’s a grim marker': Cork musician to perform his song about housing crisis outside Dáil for 157th time
Martin Leahy will mark the third anniversary of his weekly protest about the housing crisis outside the Dáil with his song 'Everyone Should Have a Home' on Thursday

Wed, 14 May, 2025

Fergus Finlay: Ireland’s housing mess won’t be fixed by a ‘tsar’ – it needs a minister who shows up
Fergus Finlay: Ireland’s housing mess won’t be fixed by a ‘tsar’ – it needs a minister who shows up
The McDonagh fallout proves ministers are shirking responsibility on housing when they should be driving the system forward

Tue, 06 May, 2025

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Schemes ending homelessness are being abandoned amid record rise
By drastically cutting funding to the tenant-in-situ scheme, and under-funding various schemes for the voluntary housing sector, it seems Government’s commitments to protect the most vulnerable are waning

Wed, 30 Apr, 2025

Cork Simon report shows near 'impossible' hopes of finding one or two-bedroom homes 
Cork Simon report shows near 'impossible' hopes of finding one or two-bedroom homes 
A Cork Simon report highlights a growing crisis as single adults in emergency accommodation face an impossible housing market

Wed, 30 Apr, 2025

Elaine Loughlin: Economic growth vs public services â€” Ireland’s hidden crisis behind the boom
S Elaine Loughlin: Economic growth vs public services â€” Ireland’s hidden crisis behind the boom
A decade after Ireland’s recovery, soaring growth has failed to fix housing, healthcare, education and essential infrastructure

Sat, 26 Apr, 2025

PIOTR TORNG
As the world mourns a pope, Dublin quietly says goodbye to someone Francis might have loved
Mick Clifford reflects on the passing of one of Dublin’s homeless, and with those who remembered his struggles

Fri, 25 Apr, 2025

New record as number of homeless people in Ireland jumps again 
New record as number of homeless people in Ireland jumps again 
There were 15,418 people recorded as being in emergency accommodation last month

Fri, 25 Apr, 2025

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Housing commencement notices for first three months of 2025 lowest in years, new figures show
Just 723 notices were issued in March, the lowest for that month since 2016

Thu, 17 Apr, 2025

Man caused criminal damage to Cork Simon Community hostel after being refused admittance
Man caused criminal damage to Cork Simon Community hostel after being refused admittance
Judge imposes a total sentence of five months on 24-year-old at Cork District Court

Tue, 15 Apr, 2025

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Housing crisis deepens as 2025 construction output could miss targets by tens of thousands
Speakers said the Government should pull as many levers as possible to solve blockages in planning, water and utility connections, and financing to help boost housing delivery

Wed, 09 Apr, 2025

100 railway buildings among hundreds of empty properties owned by the State
100 railway buildings among hundreds of empty properties owned by the State
CIÉ and OPW among state agencies sitting on empty properties, described as 'akin to exporting food in the middle of a famine'

Mon, 07 Apr, 2025

Justice minister will not oppose bill to ban 'sex for rent' exploitation
Justice minister will not oppose bill to ban 'sex for rent' exploitation
Jim O’Callaghan said he would have suggestions for amendments to Senator Laura Harmon's proposed new law

Fri, 04 Apr, 2025

Happy family on train station
Government spent €80m more on homelessness services in 2024 than 2023
New figures show homelessness funding reached €418.24m in 2024, with most spent on emergency accommodation in Dublin

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Number of homeless people in Ireland hits new record 
Number of homeless people in Ireland hits new record 
The latest Department of Housing figures showed there were 10,725 adults and 4,653 children in emergency accommodation, including 2,185 families

Fri, 28 Mar, 2025

Poor homeless man or refugee sleeping on the wooden bench on the urban street in the city, social documentary concept, selective
State's spending on emergency accommodation for homeless people soars over past decade
The latest study from Focus Ireland shows that the vast majority of expenditure on emergency accommodation is paid out to purely for-profit entities

Tue, 25 Mar, 2025

Mother and son looking out of window
Extreme and urgent homelessness is no longer an outlier in Ireland
A review of the Housing Act of 1988 presents an opportunity to design a new system that is fit for purpose and one that protects, rather than restricts, access to vital support, writes Mary Heavey

Mon, 24 Mar, 2025

'I feel safe': How Anew helps pregnant homeless women and their babies
'I feel safe': How Anew helps pregnant homeless women and their babies
Anew is the only service in the country that helps women in the last weeks of pregnancy and into their new motherhood. Last year, they had a waiting list, writes Mick Clifford

Mon, 17 Mar, 2025

Child poverty strategy
Child poverty and housing shortage are destroying the social contract
For Ireland’s young people, rhetoric is not enough; what this generation really needs is genuine commitment and urgency to see problems solved

Thu, 13 Mar, 2025

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Almost half of Irish public want rent pressure zones abolished, says survey
A new survey reveals that nearly half of Irish people want Rent Pressure Zones scrapped amid Ireland’s worsening housing crisis

Fri, 07 Mar, 2025

Record number of homeless people in Ireland as minister rows back on commitment
Record number of homeless people in Ireland as minister rows back on commitment
His predecessor, Darragh O’Brien, had pledged to end homelessness by 2030 under the Housing for All plan

Fri, 28 Feb, 2025

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Mick Clifford: Instinct is to throw tax breaks at housing crisis and hope they work
This far into the housing emergency, there are more urgent priorities than tax breaks for developers, yet it seems to be the Government’s only tactic

Fri, 14 Feb, 2025

Real estate agent giving the keys of his new house to a man
Inaction on tenant-in-situ funding 'puts families at risk of homelessness' 
Local authorities are unable to buy properties as funding for the tenant-in-situ scheme has not yet been agreed for this year

Mon, 10 Feb, 2025

Fr Peter McVerry: 'Resignation not connected to €15m State bailout'
Fr Peter McVerry: 'Resignation not connected to €15m State bailout'
Fr McVerry said the change was to 'ensure that things don't go stale' at the organisation

Wed, 05 Feb, 2025

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Homeless man who broke into Cork house 'to get out of the rain' jailed for eight months
The man had wrongly presumed the house to be unoccupied

Tue, 04 Feb, 2025

Taoiseach visits President Michael D Higgins
Colin Sheridan: Michael D Higgins' record as an advocate for human rights is unimpeachable
President has the courage and intellect to articulate carefully chosen sentiments of empathy and concern for events both past and present

Sun, 02 Feb, 2025

New figures 'do not fully reflect the scale of the homelessness crisis'
New figures 'do not fully reflect the scale of the homelessness crisis'
A total of 14,864 people were in emergency accommodation during the last full week of December across Ireland, including 4,510 children in 2,092 families

Fri, 31 Jan, 2025

New Taoiseach appointed
Colin Sheridan: As first days go, Ceann Comhairle's was 'Reeling in the Years' worthy
Verona Murphy had just one job to do — and even if that job was to herd a crowd of megalomaniac cats, she failed

Sat, 25 Jan, 2025

EMMET KELLEHER
'It's hard to couch surf when you are 59': Cork man left homeless after accident
Sarah Horgan talks to former actor and artist, Emmet Kelleher, on the hopelessness that comes with being homeless

Wed, 22 Jan, 2025

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Dublin mayor to meet providers of soup kitchens over proposed draft bylaws
Bylaws would seek to regulate on-street soup kitchens, restricting where they can operate from and ensuring they comply with food safety regulations

Mon, 13 Jan, 2025

265 new 'housing first' tenancies to come on stream this year
265 new 'housing first' tenancies to come on stream this year
The scheme is targeted at vulnerable individuals using homeless services consistently or intermittently over long periods of time

Sun, 12 Jan, 2025

Charities call on next government to introduce long-term plan to end homelessness
Charities call on next government to introduce long-term plan to end homelessness
NGOs warn simply fixing the housing system won’t have a huge effect on current level of homelessness

Tue, 07 Jan, 2025

Record-breaking homelessness as over 15,000 access emergency accommodation
Record-breaking homelessness as over 15,000 access emergency accommodation
This includes 10,541 adults, and 2,168 families with 4,658 children who are facing into Christmas without a home

Fri, 03 Jan, 2025

Fundraiser to help pay for funeral of homeless woman killed in Cork City raises over €6k
Fundraiser to help pay for funeral of homeless woman killed in Cork City raises over €6k
Vanessa O’Callaghan , aged 36, a mother of three, was attacked shortly after she availed of the services of a volunteer-run on-street soup kitchen on St Patrick’s Street

Thu, 19 Dec, 2024

Poor homeless man or refugee sleeping on the wooden bench on the urban street in the city, social documentary concept, selective
Homeless fathers trying to stay connected with their children feel like a 'societal failure' â€” study
'A lack of child-friendly spaces meant fathers depended on their relationships with the other parent or with their own family in order to see their children.'

Wed, 18 Dec, 2024

'Ad hoc system' sending those leaving direct provision straight into homelessness
'Ad hoc system' sending those leaving direct provision straight into homelessness
The Government has been heavily criticised for its move to lift the ban on no-fault evictions last year

Mon, 16 Dec, 2024

Gareth O'Callaghan: You don't have to be living rough to feel the pain of homelessness
Gareth O'Callaghan: You don't have to be living rough to feel the pain of homelessness
For someone like Jim, it’s not the most wonderful time of the year. It’s the time he dreads most. His wife is dead, his son is homeless, and he lives alone in an empty house that was once a family home.

Sat, 14 Dec, 2024

Irish Examiner view: How will homeless fare after 'painful correction'?
Irish Examiner view: How will homeless fare after 'painful correction'?
House prices overvalued by 8% to 10% ESRI warns 

Fri, 13 Dec, 2024

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