There has been an increase of more than 1,000% in the number of families becoming homeless every month since 2011, a charity has claimed.

Focus Ireland and the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) have produced a new guidance resource for primary school teachers and principals who are supporting students and families who are homeless or at risk.

Focus Ireland has said the homeless crisis is getting worse with newborn babies among those living in emergency accommodation.

Nine out of 10 families that are now homeless had stable housing histories and lived in their last stable home for over a year.

Dublin City Council’s Chief Executive, Owen Keegan, has defended comments he made at the weekend in which he said that homeless numbers would drop if homeless services were cut, writes Vivienne Clarke.

A housing charity says the long-term trend shows that the homeless crisis is getting worse.

The report shows that there are 9,968 people homeless across the country with two-thirds of these in the Dublin Region.

The charity says the homes have been allocated to couples, individuals and families as part of its strategy to help tackle the homeless crisis.

Around a quarter of homeless parents are aged between 18 and 24.

Christmas carolers helped to brighten commuters day at Dublin's Heuston station.

Private letting agents are being offered a €500 placement fee if they rent properties to homeless families.

A new report from Focus Ireland has found that 95% of people it housed last year had not returned to homelessness six months later.

There were 9,698 homeless people in Ireland in September, an increase of 171 on the previous month, according to the latest figures.

Donal O’Keeffe spent the night on Spike Island in Cork as part of Focus Ireland’s Shine A Light sleep-out. He spoke to six business leaders who also took part

Ireland has to house the equivalent of a town like Clifden every month for the next fifty years yet we continue to try to solve homelessness with a complete absence of imagination, broadcaster and economist David McWilliams has told a Focus Ireland Conference in Cork.

People are moving into a new ‘family hub’ in Cork city, as details of a homeless charity’s fundraising sleep-out on Spike Island were announced.

Homeless charities have warned that the latest figures showing yet another new record number of homeless people in the country cannot be treated as “business as usual”.

Three new housing reports are out today.

There were, according to Focus Ireland, 9,681 people homeless at the end of March.

Focus Ireland is calling on the Housing Minister to provide more clarity on the latest homeless figures.

A new record of 9104 people are homeless in this country.

Our homeless crisis continues to deepen, with almost 8,400 people now without a home, a charity has warned.

Many homeless children find it normal to eat on a bed or standing up, according to a new report from Focus Ireland.

A record 13,500 people received assistance from the homeless charity Focus Ireland last year.

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy is expected to confirm the Government will not meet its target of moving all families out of emergency accommodation by the end of the month.

Focus Ireland is warning of a rising crisis in youth homelessness.

Dublin's Port Tunnel is closed to traffic for much of today.

7,167 people are homeless according to the January figures.

Focus Ireland has said new Government figures reporting that, for the first time, over 7,000 people are homeless shows the crisis is deepening.

Over 7,000 people are now homeless in Ireland.

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The number of homeless children has hit record levels, according to one of Ireland's biggest charities.

Homeless charity Focus Ireland has warned that thousands more Irish homes could be sold off to vulture funds.

Almost 600 families became homeless in Dublin in the first seven months of this year, according to the Dublin Region Homeless Executive.

A total of 134 families became homeless in Dublin in January, according to Focus Ireland.

Homelessness charity Focus Ireland is calling for a referendum to put the 'right to a home' in the constitution.

More than 1,000 children under the age of eight are homeless this Christmas, the majority of them in Dublin, according to a study carried out by Focus Ireland.

Around 1,000 children under the age of eight are homeless in Ireland, according to Focus Ireland.

Focus Ireland has made a direct appeal to protesters who are blocking the construction of modular houses in Dublin.

Update 5.30pm: Environment Minister Alan Kelly has said there is no quick fix to getting more social housing built.

Michael Noonan and Alan Kelly haveclaimed Ireland’s housing crisis shows the nation is a victim of its own success.

Newly released figures show there were 738 homeless families in Ireland in September.

Seventy families are becoming homeless every month, campaigners have warned as they blamed Government decisions for worsening the crisis.