Homeless campaigner Fr Peter McVerry has warned a "tsunami" of misery is approaching after the eviction ban was lifted by the Government in the middle of the housing crisis.
The latest figures from the Residential Tenancies Board shows 7,348 households have eviction dates looming in the coming weeks and months. The figures also show almost half of the Notices to Quit issued in the last three months of 2022 were in Dublin.
Fr McVerry said the wave of of evictions are coming at a time when emergency accommodation is "absolutely" packed. He told RTE's Today with Claire Byrne: "We're talking tens of thousands of people who are going to be pulled out of their homes at a time when emergency homeless accommodation is absolutely packed.
