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COPE Galway said that it had 174 households living in emergency accommodation last week

Homeless Galway households up 20%, says charity COPE

Connacht / 30 Jun

The protest heard calls for a legal right to housing

Thousands attend Dublin protest over homeless crisis

Dublin / 20 May

Dennis Connolly was homeless for decades

'It'd make you cry': One man's homeless story

Connacht / 17 May

Leo Varadkar said the housing portfolio is a 'very difficult job'

Varadkar has 'full confidence' in Minister for Housing

Politics / 01 May

The report calls for a new policy to be drawn up between State agencies so that the needs of homeless non-EU families can be addressed

21% of families homeless last year 'born outside EU'

Dublin / 01 Apr

Mary Lou McDonald said the report was a damning condemnation of the Government's record on housing.

UN housing report a 'wake-up call' for Govt - Sinn Féin

Politics / 27 Mar

March was part of a series of protests by the Homeless and Housing Coalition

Protest calls for Govt action on homeless crisis

Ireland / 11 Mar

The coalition is made up of an umbrella group of trade unions, community groups, NGOs and charities among other groups

Protest on housing crisis to take place next month

Dublin / 28 Feb

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy said the rise in homeless numbers in January was expected

Number of homeless reaches record high at almost 10k

Ireland / 27 Feb

Nearly 4,000 children were living in emergency accommodation in November 2018

Child homelessness 'a national emergency' - agency

Ireland / 26 Feb

Owen Keegan said he did not believe people were playing the system

Keegan says better services can increase homelessness

Dublin / 18 Feb

Figures show that rents rose nationally by almost 10% last year, the slowest rise in last three years

Rental increase rate slowest in three years - report

Ireland / 10 Feb

A quarter of the children who attended Temple Street Hospital's emergency department were younger than one-year-old

Homeless children attending Temple Street ED up 29%

Ireland / 22 Jan

Doris Brandt, who sent the hats, said her hobby is 'doing good for others'

German woman sends 100 hats for Dublin's homeless

News Lens / 21 Jan

The family of four has been living in a hotel room for almost two-and-a-half years

'Amanda' homeless family receives keys to new home

Ireland / 19 Dec 18

Eoin Ó Broin said the figures published each month only include Department of Housing funded emergency accommodation

Sinn Féin claims 'true' homeless figure close to 13,000

Politics / 13 Dec 18

Leo Varadkar said he was sorry that families were in the situation they are in

Homelessness cannot be completely eradicated - Varadkar

Politics / 08 Dec 18

The McVerry Trust said this would be one of a number of new developments the charity will deliver in the next three months

Peter McVerry Trust worked with record number in 2017

Dublin / 05 Dec 18

A student speaks to RTÉ about the realities of being homeless (file image)

'Your voice is gone' - the reality of homelessness

Ireland / 05 Oct 18

Eoghan Murphy reiterated that emergency responses were being put in place

Minister admits 'serious' housing crisis

Politics / 03 Oct 18

The charity's annual report will be published later this morning

Simon Community report highlights scale of homelessness

Homelessness / 25 Sep 18

Gardaí were filmed during the repossession of a property at Dublin's North Frederick Street last week

No plans to ban filming of gardaí, says Taoiseach

Ireland / 18 Sep 18

Eoghan Murphy said one-in-five houses built this year will be social houses

Minister expects increase in homeless figures

Homelessness / 28 Aug 18

Margaret Cash and her children spent the night sleeping on chairs in a garda station

Woman who slept in garda station offered apartment

Ireland / 16 Aug 18

20% more people were homeless at the end of 2017 than there had been at the start of the year

Record 14,500 homeless helped by Focus Ireland in 2017

Ireland / 12 Jul 18

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