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

Just 5.5% of rental housing stock across the country is within Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) limits.

The woman was found, in a freezing and very distressed state, outside the GPO on O’Connell Street shortly after 9pm by a homeless volunteer who runs a soup kitchen for the homeless every Thursday night.

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 organisation’s 2018 annual report shows that 16,776 people sought help last year, including 2,834 families and 5,331 children

Tabling the motion against the minister tonight in the Dáil, Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy outlined how high rents, unaffordable homes and homelessness were at an all-time high.

Record homelessness figures have triggered fresh demands for urgent action ahead of a confidence motion against Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy tonight.

A strengthening of the right to housing in the Constitution and strict limits on how long a family spends in emergency accommodation are among fresh demands to alleviate homelessness.

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.

Eoghan Murphy has admitted that the number of people in emergency accommodation “continues to be a huge problem.”

A new study of the rental market paints a bleak picture for those relying on state-backed rent supplements.

Almost one-third of people know someone who has recently experienced housing exclusion and is part of Ireland’s growing hidden homeless.

Almost 4,000 children in homeless accommodation are being stigmatised and denied equal chances in life, charities are warning.

Housing charities have called for direct government intervention to ease the pressures on the rental market.

One of the country’s main homelessness campaigners has described the Government’s Rebuilding Ireland plan as “an abject failure” which exacerbated the problem it was meant to address.

The Government is being urged to commit to a major public housing programme.

The Simon Communities have said that rental costs in the private sector are still far too high.

The head of advocacy at homeless charity Focus Ireland is calling on the Minister for Housing to look at the right to a home provision in the Constitution.

A report launched in Cork has found that integrated services such as rapid re-housing ‘Housing First’ services and physical and mental health supports are needed to prevent the homelessness crisis from getting worse.

Housing charity Threshold has urged the government to clarify the long-term status of the rent pressure zone legislation.

The number of people homeless has exceeded 10,000 for the first time as a new report shows a year-on-year rise in rents.

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”.

A United Nations special rapporteur has said homelessness is a human rights violation amid calls for a constitutional right to housing in this country.

The first homeless liaison nurse at one of the country’s busiest hospitals says that half of the homeless people who attended the emergency department in the first four months of this year left before they received full treatment.

Update 2.50pm: The Taoiseach has come out to clarify that he did not receive help to buy his home from his parents and instead got a 100% mortgage.

The Government is not opposing plans to force landlords to give a minimum of 90 days’ notice to quit a property.

Housing support groups have claimed the rental sector is now “out of control” after latest figures showed record levels of homelessness ahead of Christmas, including 3,333 children.

Ensuring that we never experience a homelessness crisis such as the current one is a key priority for the Simon Communities, writes Niamh Randall.

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Homeless children around the country are worried Santa will not be able to find them this Christmas.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has controversially claimed Ireland has a "low level of homelessness" by international standards, despite the national crisis seeing more than 3,000 children living without a home.

The Government must use the budget to ensure the delivery of social and affordable housing across all tenure types, writes Niamh Randall.

Children are regularly treated as “passive spectators” in the debate on adequate housing in Ireland, a conference on homeless children in Galway heard yesterday.

National and international experts have been invited to debate the unprecedented rise in homelessness and housing instability over the past decade.

Catch up on this morning's headlines...

Build more social and affordable housing, the Simon Communities in Ireland has told the Government.

A homeless man in his 20s has died while staying in emergency accommodation in Dublin.

Housing charity Threshold has said a mandatory rents register must be established to root out rogue landlords who flout rental cap regulations.

More than 90% of rental properties are beyond the reach of people dependent on State housing benefits.

A new report shows 91% of rental properties are beyond the reach of people dependent on state housing benefits.