A homeless agency says they are seeing an “influx” of prisoners who have been released early in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in overcrowded jails.

Inner City Helping Homeless chief executive Anthony Flynn says they are currently "inundated" with requests from volunteers looking to support their efforts.

A Dublin homeless charity is calling on the government to implement an emergency plan for the homeless following the confirmation of Covid-19 as a worldwide pandemic.

And new figures, released under the Freedom of Information Act, show the council also paid 30 barristers just over €1.5m.

The latest figures issued by the Department of Housing showed there were 10,271 people in emergency accommodation in January.

A special Dublin city council meeting will be held tonight to replace any of the members who were elected to the Dáil during the general election.

A young homeless woman has died in emergency accommodation in Dublin.

Latest homelessness figures show there were 10,448 people living in emergency accommodation last November, including 3,752 children.

Latest homelessness figures show there were 10,448 people living in emergency accommodation last November, including 3,752 children.

The Simon Communities of Ireland have said that though there is a drop in family homelessness for the second month in a row, it is worrying that 2019 came to a close with nearly 10.500 people in emergency accommodation.

Inner City Helping Homeless is calling for the government to immediately tell the public how many people will be homeless this Christmas.

The record numbers of homelessness reported by the Department of Housing are just scratching the surface, according to charities in the sector, who have warned that the reality is far worse.

The Housing Minister is being urged to activate the Cold Weather Initiative for the homeless and for rough sleepers.

An investigation has been launched following the sudden death of a man in Dublin.

On Monday night, ICHH observed 238 people sleeping rough in Dublin, the highest number ever recorded.

A Dublin-based charity has highlighted the struggle many families face when sending their children back to school.

Inner City Helping Homeless CEO Anthony Flynn says the evacuation has brought up questions on whether the building is fit for purpose.

The Government has been told to “urgently review” its Rebuilding Ireland strategy after latest homelessness figures showed only a small decrease in the total number of people living in emergency accommodation.

The number of children accessing homeless services has fallen for a third month in a row to 3,675.

There has been a 64% increase in the number of people sleeping rough in Dublin since January this year.

A charity has called on Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy to resign after the latest data from his Department shows that the number of people officially recorded as homeless remains above 10,000.

One of the largest homeless hostels in Dublin is to close in the coming days.

There are nearly 900 young people aged 18-24 now homeless according to figures from Focus Ireland.

The body of the 33-year-old man, who is understood to have been from Poland, was discovered at Ravenswell in Bray at around 11.55am yesterday, gardaí confirmed.

There has been another slight rise in the number of people staying in emergency accommodation.

Former Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Labour TD Jan O’Sullivan says that Rebuilding Ireland is not fit for purpose and she is calling on the Government to admits its housing policy is failing.

The number of people in emergency accommodation has surpassed 10,000 for the first time ever in Ireland.

Representatives of Inner City Helping Homeless will travel to Brussels later today to receive the European Citizenship Prize from the EU Parliament.

THE word ‘filibustering’ keeps popping up in the media. It snuck into the Irish vernacular around the time of the referendum on the Eighth Amendment, writes Joyce Fegan.

Dozens of people slept out on the streets of Dublin last night, despite the red weather warning.

The head of a homeless charity has criticised the Government's decision to reappoint the Chair of the Housing Agency.

More than 600 other families may end up homeless as the demand for hotel beds from the tourism sector continues to grow.

A charity has described a plan to house homeless people in Mountjoy Prison as “dangerous”.

Politicians accused of caring more about their Christmas break.

A restaurant is to give all its takings on Monday to the homeless.

More than 20,000 shoeboxes full of Christmas presents for homeless people have been donated by the public.

A homeless protest concert is being organised on the streets outside the Dáil this week.

Early morning commuters walked past a dead homeless woman on a Cork City street before her body was found.

A homeless man has died after being found unresponsive in a tent in one of the wealthiest parts of Dublin.

Gardaí are investigating the sudden death of a man in his 50s in Dublin.

This is what it looks like to live in emergency accommodation.

A new campaign will publish the personal stories of Ireland's homeless people.

The number of people accessing emergency accommodation increased last month.

Latest: Two men who were sleeping rough are reported to have died last night.

An urgent call for O negative blood donors has been made by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service after supplies dwindled to just four days because of the loss of a full day’s collection due to Storm Ophelia.

A homeless man, named locally as Joe Moorhouse, 41, has been found dead in a tent in Bray, Co Wicklow.