The head of a leading homeless charity said he hopes the country has now turned a corner in the homelessness crisis.

The Peter McVerry Trust, which works with homeless youths in the Dublin region, is taking applications for its 2019 Graduate Programme to work as graduate residential project or social care workers.

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.

A national housing strategy is essential to deliver homes to those most in need, advocacy agency The Peter McVerry Trust has said.