More than 11,600 people including almost 3,500 children were accessing emergency accommodation during the week leading up to Christmas, the latest homeless report reveals.
In Dublin alone, there were 5,793 people who found themselves without a home this Christmas, including 2,583 children. While the figures are similar to those for November last year, there is still a slight increase of 0.8 per cent which represents a record high in numbers for the sixth consecutive month.
Homeless charity Depaul's chief David Carroll said in response to latest report: “Numbers in homelessness remain at worrying levels and targeted measures are needed to tackle the scale of the homelessness and housing crisis we are currently facing at this juncture.”
