A massive €677,000 has been donated to Covid-19 GoFundMe causes in the last week.

"(This) will allow us to reach people who are currently isolated and vulnerable, offering them vital healthcare and treatment options."

Joe McKeever is somebody who will benefit from a mobile data-sharing initiative from An Post to keep Ireland's homeless connected.

The “greatest risk” facing Ireland is accepting high levels of homelessness and addiction “as normality”, according to a leading charity.

The decision by Dublin City Council to refuse planning permission for a new injecting centre for chronic heroin addicts is "reprehensible" and a represents “a dereliction of duty”.

On this day 50 years ago, Examiner readers awoke to the news that the recent outburst of violence in Northern Ireland, what would eventually become known as “The Troubles”, had claimed its sixth victim.

The future of the proposed supervised injecting centre hangs in the balance as Merchants Quay Ireland considers whether or not to appeal a decision refusing it planning permission.

Drugs strategy minister Catherine Byrne has said she is “disappointed and frustrated” at the further delay in implementing the Government's decision to introduce a supervised injecting facility.

A plan to set up Ireland's first supervised injection facility in Dublin has been refused by planners.

Charities have warned that the spiralling homeless crisis could become viewed by the public as unsolvable unless the number of people in emergency accommodation is reversed.

Drug services in Cork City have noticed “increases in dangerous injecting practices” among drug users, according to new research.

Drug services in Cork city have noticed "increases in dangerous injecting practices" among drug users, according to new research.

Merchants Quay Ireland says it is frustrated with the decision and hope to have it opened as early as possible.

The number of unique clients using the country's first homeless night cafe rose by 10% last year, with Merchants Quay Ireland revealing that more people pushed into homelessness because of the housing crisis are accessing the service.

Pupils at a Dublin city centre primary school say they can see drug users injecting themselves from their classroom window.

New figures released this evening show the number of people sleeping rough in Dublin has increased to 156.

The planned new State-funded injecting centre for chronic heroin and cocaine addicts in Dublin’s inner city is to cater for around 60 addicts each day and is to open at 6.30 each morning.

Homeless and drugs charity Merchants Quay Ireland has formally backed the decriminalisation of personal possession of drugs.

The planned supervised injecting centre is a “specific” public health measure being taken to tackle Ireland’s very high drug mortality rate, the Government says.

The country’s first night café for homeless people received more than 22,000 referrals last year and dealt with almost 2,000 clients.

The country’s first supervised injecting centre (SIC) has been delayed, and could be pushed well into next year, if planning permission is needed.

Ireland’s emergence from deep recession “has not lifted all boats”, with a leading homeless and drugs agency reporting a surge in demand for its services.

The number of referrals to the country’s only night cafe for homeless people soared to 24,556 last year.

Gardaí face huge challenges in policing supervised injecting centres, and legal issues need to be “teased out” before they are introduced, a senior officer has said.

Homeless support agencies have expressed alarm at figures which show the number of people now living in emergency accommodation at an all-time high at 5,715 people.

The homelessness crisis has reached “unprecedented” levels and will only worsen as the winter approaches, the largest homelessness and drug agency in the country has warned.

The supply of drugs into prisons “seriously undermines” the ability of inmates to kick the habit, the country’s largest voluntary drug and homeless organisation has said.

A nationwide surge in the abuse of benzodiazepines and cannabis — and the spread of heroin outside Dublin — has driven drug treatment figures upwards over the last five years.

Dublin-based band Keywest, who are famed for drawing in crowds when busking on Grafton Street, have released a Christmas charity single to combat homelessness.

The emergency summit to be held today on the homelessness crisis is likely to focus on short-term measures that can be implemented quickly, the Department of the Environment has said.

Government vows to end long-term homelessness by 2016 will fail as 1,400 people a night are seeking emergency shelter in Dublin, campaigners have claimed.

Homelessness and rough sleeping has become acceptable in Ireland, a leading charity has claimed.

One organisation provided more than 85,000 meals to homeless people in Dublin last year - an increase of 11% on 2012.

Drug-related deaths would fall and public injecting would decrease if consumption rooms were set up, two national groups have said.

A new report shows an increase in the growth of drug use outside of Dublin.