“Please, please do something for the unfortunate children. I don’t want to see anybody lying or dying on the streets coming up to Christmas.” Brother Kevin Crowley, founder of the Capuchin Day Centre, has criticised the government’s failure to provide accommodation as the homeless crisis continues to spiral out of control. Recalling when the centre […]
6 years ago
The government is putting in ‘considerable efforts’ to tackle this, it said.
7 years ago
Landlords will be facing an Airbnb ban from next year in a bid to tackle Ireland’s housing crisis. Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy has said the law change will regulate short-term accommodation most often used for tourism and free up more longterm accommodation for the rental sector. The move is directed at landlords who are […]
7 years ago
The number of children homeless in Ireland has trebled in three years. A record total of 9,872 people are now homeless across the country with new figures from the Department of Housing revealing that 3,824 of these are children (in 1,754 families). In June 2015 there were 1,318 children homeless and living in emergency accommodation. Focus […]
8 years ago
Almost half of tenants in Ireland spend at least one third of their wages on rent. A new study has revealed that 45 percent of those renting in the country drop nearly 30 percent of their pay on rental accommodation. 14 percent said that they spend one half of their wages on rent every month. […]
8 years ago