“Homeless people are dropping dead and nothing is being done about it. It’s a disgrace. That man died lonely, cold and shaking in a doorway and I just think it’s horrible. That shouldn’t happen to anybody. Nobody should be left on the streets to die like that.”

Government plans to make landlords sign up to three year “rent certainty” deals linked to inflation to prevent unreasonable price hikes for tenants could be signed into law as early as next month.

Two men involved in a fraud in which front companies and false identities were used to scam almost €1m from leading businesses have been given suspended sentences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Two men involved in a €800,000 fraud in which fake front companies and false identities were used will be sentenced later by Judge Tony Hunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.