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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

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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

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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

General Election Ireland 2024
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

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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

'Cork has lost a gem but heaven has gained an angel,' Vanessa O'Callaghan's funeral told
'Cork has lost a gem but heaven has gained an angel,' Vanessa O'Callaghan's funeral told
Vanessa O’Callaghan’s daughter Chelsea paid the moving tribute to her mother during her requiem mass on Tuesday.

Tue, 10 Dec, 2024

Sister of woman killed at Cork soup kitchen calls for opening of vacant Cork buildings
Sister of woman killed at Cork soup kitchen calls for opening of vacant Cork buildings
Vanessa O’Callaghan’s sister, Lynda, said it would be one way to honour her 'sunbeam' sister's memory, to ensure her death was not for no reason

Fri, 06 Dec, 2024

Fatal assault of homeless woman in Cork highlights urgent need for supports
Fatal assault of homeless woman in Cork highlights urgent need for supports
Catriona Twomey, of Cork Penny Dinners, says the tragic case of Vanessa O'Callaghan highlights the need for another emergency homeless shelter in the city

Thu, 05 Dec, 2024

Irish Refugee Council warns of people returning to streets as cold weather shelter ends
Irish Refugee Council warns of people returning to streets as cold weather shelter ends
Applicants had been temporarily moved out of tents to accommodation at Citywest as part of a cold weather initiative

Wed, 04 Dec, 2024

Homeless in January - 7
Number of homeless people just shy of 15,000 in new record
Numbers expected to exceed 15,000 before the end of the year

Fri, 29 Nov, 2024

Domestic violence victims and single mothers most at risk of becoming homeless, study shows
Domestic violence victims and single mothers most at risk of becoming homeless, study shows
Focus Ireland research also found families with stable housing histories were become homeless after Government lifted no-fault eviction ban

Tue, 26 Nov, 2024

Election 2024: Renting — A place to live is a basic need that profit alone will never deliver
Election 2024: Renting — A place to live is a basic need that profit alone will never deliver
My message to the next Dáil: An eviction ban, a rent freeze, and compulsory purchase orders would begin to address Ireland’s housing crisis, writes Emily Crowley

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Election 2024: Rent — 'I’m paying €520 a month...you would hope to be warm in the winter'
Election 2024: Rent — 'I’m paying €520 a month...you would hope to be warm in the winter'
Eilis Walsh would love to be able to buy her own home but she does not see that becoming a reality in the next five years

 Listen | Tue, 26 Nov, 2024

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Election 2024: Renting — 'We see parents with children living in the grandparents’ homes'
It's hard enough to find a place to live or afford the rent — but renters are also living in fear of eviction, says Threshold CEO

 Listen | Tue, 26 Nov, 2024

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Darragh O’Brien claims Sinn Féin is trying to 'politicise' refusal to publish homeless numbers early
Darragh O’Brien claims Sinn Féin is trying to 'politicise' refusal to publish homeless numbers early
Sinn Féin’s housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin said: 'I simply don’t think it’s tenable for the minister to bury the rough sleepers report until next week.'

Mon, 25 Nov, 2024

Election 2024: 'Nothing honest' about Fianna Fáil's approach to housing — Eoin Ó Broin
Election 2024: 'Nothing honest' about Fianna Fáil's approach to housing — Eoin Ó Broin
Sinn Féin housing spokesman was responding to minister Darragh O'Brien who said he could not release last month's homelessness figures ahead of the election

Thu, 21 Nov, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Is our justice system fit for purpose?
Irish Examiner view: Is our justice system fit for purpose?
The criminal justice system, and the prison sector in particular, is under huge pressure from the sheer weight of numbers it must contend with

Thu, 21 Nov, 2024

General Election Ireland 2024
Paul Hosford: Sinn Féin will hope it's their pitch to the middle class that is heard loudest
The party's economic policy has something for everyone. But Sinn Féin could be tripped up over its manifesto proposal to review RTÉ's objectivity in its coverage of the Israeli genocide and other conflicts

Tue, 19 Nov, 2024

'My Message to the next Dáil' podcast. Mike Allen on solving the homelessness crisis
'My Message to the next Dáil' podcast. Mike Allen on solving the homelessness crisis
In this episode, we also took to the streets to gauge the opinions of people on this issue

 Listen | Tue, 19 Nov, 2024

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Focus Ireland annual report
Election 2024: Homelessness â€” 'The political debate has been characterised by point scoring'
With 14,760 people in emergency accommodation in September, experts working at the coalface say a radical reset is needed

 Listen | Tue, 19 Nov, 2024

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Election 2024: Homelessness — We have failed to treat homelessness seriously
Election 2024: Homelessness — We have failed to treat homelessness seriously
My message to the next Dáil: You may not be aware of it but homelessness is one of the problems we actually can solve. Start by talking to homeless services, writes Mike Allen

 Listen | Tue, 19 Nov, 2024

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Election 2024: Ending homelessness must be 'top priority' for next government
Election 2024: Ending homelessness must be 'top priority' for next government
Secure and affordable social housing essential in moving people out of homelessness quickly, Cork Simon says

 Listen | Tue, 19 Nov, 2024

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SEAN MURRAY STORY
Election 2024: Homelessness â€” ‘I never expected to fall into that situation. I felt so bad for my baby daughter’
Alice was living in a €1,300-a-month apartment with her baby daughter when the landlord said they wanted to move someone else in for more rent...

 Listen | Tue, 19 Nov, 2024

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Clodagh Finn: A grassroots guide to changing the world
Clodagh Finn: A grassroots guide to changing the world
It’s rare — and incredibly moving — to see so many women come together with the sole aim of helping other women

Sat, 16 Nov, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Too late for magical thinking at Cop29
Irish Examiner view: Too late for magical thinking at Cop29
Participating countries have been given until next February to do their homework on how they intend to recover lost ground in cutting their greenhouse gas emissions.

Sat, 16 Nov, 2024

Case of woman sleeping under skip bag in Cork 'reflects harsh reality of homelessness'
Case of woman sleeping under skip bag in Cork 'reflects harsh reality of homelessness'
Tánaiste and homelessness campaigners respond to case of a woman found sleeping under a bag near a vacant council house

Fri, 15 Nov, 2024

Woman found sleeping rough under 'Skippo Bag' by council workers in Cork City
Woman found sleeping rough under 'Skippo Bag' by council workers in Cork City
The discovery was made in the Friar’s Walk area, just yards from where a council bungalow has been lying vacant for almost a year

Fri, 15 Nov, 2024

General Election Ireland 2024
Watch: Simon Harris confronted over homelessness while on Dublin canvass
A People Before Profit supporter confronts Taoiseach Simon Harris about the homeless and housing crisis on Dublin’s Capel Street

Thu, 14 Nov, 2024

Worried this winter campaign
Fine Gael to increase Vat on energy bills to 11%, Taoiseach confirms
The rate of Vat on gas and electricity bills reduced in 2022 as part of cost-of-living measures

Wed, 13 Nov, 2024

Vulture funds are fuelling insolvency, warns practitioner who negotiated Cork publican's €58m write-off
Vulture funds are fuelling insolvency, warns practitioner who negotiated Cork publican's €58m write-off
Solicitor who successfully negotiated recent €58m debt write-off warns that funds are pursuing families stuck with ‘staggering’ mortgage repayments

Mon, 11 Nov, 2024

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