State paid over €400m to private emergency accommodation providers in three months
McEnaney Group was paid €19 million for providing accommodation to refugees and homeless
Homeless Crisis
The GAA serves communities well, but don’t expect it to solve the housing crisis
Big ideas around provision of homes and fighting depopulation presume all GAA members are motivated to do good
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Organisation unveils newly refurbished housing complex on Townsend Street in Dublin
Dublin Simon Community in the ‘eye of homeless crisis’ as it expands services
Charity’s annual report cites 25% increase in demand for rough-sleeper outreach team
LDA will make only ‘minor contribution’ to housing targets in near term, report finds
Agency advised to consider private sale of affordable housing and land
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Focus Ireland founder Sr Stanislaus Kennedy says successive governments have failed to tackle housing crisis
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Average asking rents are now twice what they were at the peak of the Celtic Tiger period. At the 2002 census, 27 was the age at which more than half of householders owned their own home. In 2022, it was 36
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A decade ago homelessness was branded a ‘crisis’, so why are numbers still climbing?
For the first time, the number of homeless children has climbed above 5,000
More than 5,000 children in emergency accommodation as homelessness hit new high
Number of people homeless surpasses 16,000 for the first time with crisis most acute in Dublin
‘I just need a home’ - homeless Dublin mother of two waiting years for a place of her own
‘I just need a home’ - homeless Dublin mother of two waiting years for a place of her own
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How affordable housing in Dublin’s north inner city has rapidly changed to homeless accommodation
History of Drumcondra building highlights ‘unvirtuous circle’ in Dublin city housing, says councillor
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Séamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney family group was paid €24m in three months for homeless and refugee housing
McEnaney Group growing fast with tens of millions in turnover and growing property portfolio, public documents show
Seamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney group earns more than €10m in three months for housing Dublin homeless
Change in council policy sees first disclosure of payments to providers of emergency accommodation for homeless
Homeless numbers hit new record high of 15,915
Latest figures do not include rough sleepers or unaccommodated asylum seekers
Three arrested at Dublin rally over Government’s attitude to immigration and homelessness
‘House the Irish. House the immigrants, but house the Irish first,’ says protester
Ireland’s ‘unhealthiest region’: Limerick and the midwest suffering extreme health inequality
Deprivation and disadvantage lead to worse outcomes for many
The cost of living in Ireland is nuts. Even nuttier are the reasons supposed to explain it
If you’re not bamboozled by the rising cost of insurance as claims fall, you must be an actuary
Allen Bobinac: ‘For four weeks, I was sleeping in Stephen’s Green, surviving on €1 a day’
The Croatian, who runs The Lighthouse cafe, says being homeless in Dublin was tough, ‘but Ireland only gave me the best things’
Homelessness: Number of people in emergency accommodation rises to new high of 15,747
Almost 5,000 children included in total, which has risen by 11 per cent since May 2024, Department of Housing figures show
High Court defers judgment in legal row over Athlone asylum seeker centre pending draft legislation
Ms Justice Farrell warns of ‘real risk of homelessness for innocent third parties and families who may be vulnerable’
Homelessness is ‘too high and we have to do better’, admits Harris
Tánaiste defends record after fresh criticism over child homelessness and report on people sleeping rough under M50
‘I sleep easier here’: The makeshift homeless community under the M50
Rats and rubbish surround the camp at Finglas Road, but to some residents it’s better than other options
Child homelessness a ‘national shame’, TDs and Senators told
Children’s Ombudsman representative says children in emergency accommodation cannot get childhoods back
Children have ‘borne the biggest brunt’ of homelessness crisis
Ombudsman Dr Niall Muldoon expected to address Oireachtas committee
Ireland’s grubby treatment of Covid-19 heroes will cause frontline workers to think twice next time
Nurses who contracted long Covid remain trapped in a post-pandemic freeze frame, battling extreme fatigue, brain fog, weakened immunity, headaches and pain
I’m smack bang in middle age with no property, ageing knees and a scant pension
Modest, former council houses are pushing seven and eight hundred grand
The housing crisis could erode Ireland’s middle class to a point of collapse
It’s a profound insult to our national dignity that so many people no longer feel they have any prospect of owning their own home
One in four single people seeking emergency accommodation are from direct provision, say homeless agencies
Meeting of high-level committee advising Government also hears of increase in number of people over 60 falling into homelessness
Lollipop review: This socially aware film is maddening, urgent viewing
Daisy-May Hudson’s first scripted feature builds on her documentary Half Way’s poignant account of the challenges faced by a single mum and the family’s encounters with bureaucracy
Tough decisions to tackle housing crisis are under way – but will they work?
Housing measures could leave Coalition exposed to political attacks and public backlash
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