There are now 10,338 homeless people in the country, according to new Department of Housing figures for August released this morning.

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

A homelessness charity has claimed that a homeless man has been asked to leave a state run emergency accommodation unit after he released photographs of empty beds in the facility during the cold snap last week.

The highest number of rough sleepers was recorded in Dublin last night according to Inner City Helping Homeless.