What’s the best way to tell area residents about plans for a new asylum shelter nearby?
The government should tell communities directly about plans for new asylum shelters, some activists and politicians say.
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Dublin City Council to restrict which care leavers can get prioritised for social housing
Tightening the criteria would help those most at risk of homelessness, council managers say.
An Bord Pleanála concedes that conversion of hotel to homeless hostel doesn’t require planning permission, after all
The private hostel operator at the Paramount Hotel in Temple Bar argued that care is not provided at the homeless facility. But should it be?
A new play tells the too-common story of a homeless mother separated from her children
In different jobs, playwright Helen McGrath says she heard again and again from young mothers living apart from their children, trying to protect them.
As strategy to end youth homelessness reaches end, many of its promises remain unfulfilled
Of 27 actions, seven have been completed. And the number of people aged 18–24 who are homeless rose 33 percent between 2022 and 2024.
Dublin City Council says it doesn’t plan to ban soup runs, just regulate them
Media reports suggesting a planned ban prompted a protest outside City Hall, and condemnations and denials from councillors inside during their monthly meeting Monday.
Sick of abuse, assault and homelessness in Dublin, a Palestinian man who’d sought asylum here wants to go home
But when he went to the International Organisation for Migration, they said they wouldn’t help him get there because his home is too dangerous.
More than 5 percent of Traveller households in Dublin are living in emergency homeless accommodation
“The private rental market is not a solution to the housing crisis, most particularly for Travellers. Councils are also failing to deliver.”
Life in homeless accommodation is hard enough, but it’s desperate for parents with kids with extra needs or health problems
Homeless accommodation is completely unsuitable for families with children with disabilities or special needs, says Mike Allen, of Focus Ireland.
Local councillors refuse to lease building to homeless charity at cut rate, saying central government should pay
At issue is whether the council will get the equivalent back in funding, or credit for doing it, councillor said.
Dublin City Council tenders for as many as 2,000 more beds for future homeless
It’s an indicator that those running homeless services expect the problem to get worse.
Council chiefs should use emergency power to build homes for Travellers, says Department of Housing report
Those working at Traveller organisations say there is a worsening humanitarian crisis, as more Travellers face homelessness and overcrowding.
Trying to move out of an asylum shelter, into the brutal private housing market, with holes in her safety net
A lone mother, Oksana Khvostikova says she hasn’t been able to get a private rental, even with HAP – and can’t even move into homeless accommodation, either.