Almost 200 Dublin families have been homeless for over a year

Almost 200 families in Dublin have been homeless for more than a year, new Dublin City Council figures reveal.

There were 549 families registered as homeless and accessing emergency accommodation, as of the end of October. Of these, 186 have been homeless for more than a year.

Shockingly, 80 families have been homeless for more than two years. Sinn Fein Councillor Daithi Doolan, who received the figures, said living in emergency accommodation "is deeply traumatic for everyone, but particularly for children".