Dublin Simon Community

Fewer homeless people, but increase in families bereft of home

Second consecutive month in which number of families without place to call their own has risen

Call for evictions ban to be restored after rise in child homelessness

More than 8,000 in emergency accommodation while half Dublin’s rough sleepers live in tents

Homeless in lockdown: ‘I sat today on O’Connell Street and just cried’

Being homeless during the pandemic has meant increased isolation and loneliness

Charities warn removal of eviction ban could increase homelessness

Drop of 18% in homelessness with 575 fewer families in emergency accommodation

Rise in number of homeless single adults drives climb in overall figures

Number of families without homes has fallen by 40 per cent over the past year

Homeless crisis: New app pinpoints rough sleepers

Public alert system comes on stream to help outreach teams get more people indoors

Making Ireland an inclusive home for talent

Facebook, Amazon and Squarespace at forefront for diversity in the workplace

Two men found dead in Dublin city centre

Gardaí say deaths of men not believed to be linked

Fall in number of homeless overshadowed by recent deaths

Almost 8,660 people, including 2,583 children, without a home at end of September

Homeless charity reports 18 per cent rise in demand for healthcare services

Dublin Simon Community says it made two suicidality-related interventions on average per day in 2019

End of a cycle as An Post gives away its fleet of old bikes to charity

Postmen switching to electric vehicles for deliveries in a sign of changing times

Number of people listed as homeless falls to four-year low

Figures for June show 8,699 people in the State accessed emergency accommodation

Almost 500 fewer people homeless, latest figures show

New government must not return to preCovid homelessness strategies, charity says

Want to have the best Christmas ever? Buy less stuff

One Change: Be conscious about last-minute spending; panic buying can be the most wasteful

An Post donating 18,000GB of data across 2,000 SIM cards to charities

Existing An Post customers will be able to donate to initiative when they top up

Blocking new hotels in Dublin is economic vandalism

Councillors play to the Twitter gallery as they deprive communities of investment

Simon Community gets planning permission for six-storey treatment facility in Dublin

Expanded Usher’s Island treatment centre will be opened by the end of 2021

Cheering Ireland and challenging homelessness in the same breath

Rugby World Cup: Watching a match on TV normally the last thing on homeless person’s mind

Dragons at the Docks boat race raises €350,000 for charity

Kennedy Wilson overall winner of property industry fundraiser for Dublin Simon Community

Business Journalists Association of Ireland launches 19th annual quiz

Corporate Challenge event will be in aid of the Dublin Simon Community

‘Once you start drinking at eight years of age there’s no stopping it’

Simon Community marks 50 years with ‘closing the door on homelessness’ campaign

Dublin Simon seeks wealthy people to buy homes and lease them to charity for free

Homeless charity sets up fund through which it would lease homes from benefactors for up to 15 years

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