The Cork branch of Home Sweet Home staged a solidarity protest at City Hall in Cork today, in conjunction with Apollo House in Dublin and other groups tackling homelessness nationwide.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

The group occupying Apollo House will outline their plans to resolve the situation this morning.

Homeless campaigners in Apollo House say the supports being offered to people are not good enough.

The Department of Finance says it will consider a letter from the occupiers of Apollo House in Dublin.

The Home Sweet Home group wants the Finance Minister to tell Nama to make vacant buildings available for housing.

The occupation of a second Nama-owned building in Dublin by homelessness activists lasted less than 12 hours after gardaí were called to the apartment block.

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A group of activists occupying a Nama-owned building in Dublin to provide accommodation for the homeless, say they are willing to meet with the state agency.

Lawyers representing Nama have issued an order to vacate Apollo House, after it was occupied by activists who converted it into emergency accommodation for the homeless.

Singer Glen Hansard spoke passionately tonight about his role in taking over Nama-owned Apollo House in Dublin city centre for use as a homeless shelter.