More homeless people will die unless the Government increases its efforts to tackle the crisis, a frontline charity worker has warned.

People working on the frontline of Cork’s homeless crisis say lives will be saved after gardaí raided a ‘Polish poitín’ operation which was selling hundreds of litres of illicit alcohol to rough sleepers.

The tragic death of another homeless person on Cork's streets is a reminder to the Government that it needs to do more to tackle homelessness, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said.

The Government has been accused of ignoring the homeless after a third man died in Cork city centre within six weeks.

The brother of a homeless man who died while sleeping on the streets of Cork said there is a grieving family behind each of these tragedies.

Cork Simon has provided extra emergency beds, has lifted all shelter exclusions, and will open its day centre 24 hours a day from today to ensure nobody has to sleep rough as temperatures plummet over the coming days.

Homelessness is a complex and multi-faceted issue. Roisin Burke speaks to those working on the front line in Cork about what needs to be done to alleviate the crisis.

A soup kitchen charity has called for an increase in the national minimum wage after seeing people with jobs turning to it for help.

A soup kitchen charity has called for an increase in the national minimum wage after seeing people with jobs turning to it for help.

A Cork charity is reporting a noticeable increase in people seeking its help because they can’t afford food due to rising rents.

Since its inception 35 years ago, an event run by Cork Lions Club has raised more than €400,000 for various worthy causes.

The Cork boxing family gathered at Clancy’s Bar in the city yesterday to toast the 150th birthday of Cork’s only world boxing champion, Jack McAuliffe.

A soup kitchen charity in Cork believes its free first communion clothes initiative for families struggling to meet the costs of the big day should be replicated across the country.

A major review of one of the country’s oldest charities, Cork Penny Dinners, has found no evidence of financial irregularities, the Irish Examiner has learned.

One of the country’s oldest soup kitchen charities has dismissed criticism and appointed new trustees as part of a major restructuring.

The bookies think today’s Cork Person of the Year award winner will either be a world gold medallist or a woman who voluntarily helps feed people who have fallen on hard times.

Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons is to be bestowed with the title of honorary Corkman later this month when he is guest of honour at the 21st anniversary of the Cork Person of the Year awards.

CORK Penny Dinners lies not far from the main gates of UCC, on one of the narrow potholed lanes that run off Washington Street.

A Cork soup kitchen is feeding 1,400 people a week — a 55% rise in demand in a year. Cork Penny Dinners, which was started by the Quakers during famine times, says 2013 has been its busiest ever.

A charity that sparked a mass public response after reporting that a Spanish couple had been robbed of their belongings has said it got the story wrong and has apologised for any confusion.

An urgent appeal for help has been issued for a Spanish couple — left without anything after a robbery — who were rushed to hospital after the mother went in to early labour.