Footage has emerged of a member of An Garda Síochána ticketing the outreach van of a well-known homelessness charity.

Community workers in an area hit by three feud murders have called on Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald to visit the locality and reassure people who fear being “shot on their way to the shops”.

Outgoing drugs strategy minister Aodhán Ó’Ríordáin has joined calls for action on the drugs problem after three suspected drug-related deaths in the last week.

WHEN is it acceptable to use the dead to make a political point, asks Michael Clifford

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Government departments that fail to spend all of their annual budget should hand over the extra millions of euro to a new, ringfenced social-housing fund, the opposition has claimed.

Hundreds of new beds are available to homeless people since Jonathan Corrie’s death galvanised us into action. But the number of people on the street is still growing, writes Elaine Loughlin

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“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.”

Plans to build 150 modular houses in the Dublin area have been agreed by the Cabinet after the Government was accused of not doing enough to tackle the homeless crisis.

Four homeless people have died in Dublin over the past six weeks.

If there is to be greater equality, the price will have to be paid by ’middle income’ earners, writes Michael Clifford.

Ministers stung by accusations that they are not doing enough to deal with the housing crisis are poised to force Nama to help provide new homes.

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.

If you’ve ever dreamed of being a Viking for a day then look no further — Vikings actor Moe Dunford is searching high and low for someone to join him on set as part of a charity drive to tackle homelessness.

Developers who are holding onto unused land that could be used for vital housing for people at risk of homelessness in order to benefit from a growing economy are set to be tackled by new Government legislation.

Nearly 200 faily homes were repossessed in Dublin and Cork in the first half of this year, Fianna Fáil warned as it urged greater help for struggling mortgagees.

A TD has described the shocking incident when he had to help prevent a man taking his own life on the railings of Leinster House.

Alice Leahy has spent 40 years bringing comfort to Ireland’s homeless population, writes Michael Clifford

A planned distillery project in Carlow has been hit with a €500,000 bill from Irish Water, the Dáil heard.

A Monaghan dad of three is on a mission to travel Ireland and discover the real life stories behind modern Irish poverty.

Focus Ireland said rent supplement needs to be increased in order to help tackle the homelessness crisis.

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.

The country’s only night cafe for homeless people accommodated 812 different people in its first two months alone — illustrating the scale of the homeless crisis.

PHANTOMS and faint hearts dominated another week when Ireland’s political leaders left reality behind them. Taoiseach Enda Kenny had one of his conveniently frequent encounters with a nameless soul who just happened to present him with the perfect political metaphor to justify his unpopular policies.

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Up to 1,301 families in Dublin were identified as being at risk of homelessness at the end of last year, according to the Homeless Executive.

Sinn Féin TD Jonathan O’Brien says he regrets revealing his brother’s heroin addiction in a Dáil exchange, but was infuriated by comments made by Tánaiste Joan Burton.

When homeless man Jonathan Corrie died in a doorway in freezing conditions last month, close to the entrance of Dáil Éireann in Dublin, it provoked days of outrage and soul-searching about homelessness and the consequences of homelessness. 

Gardaí are investigating the death of a homeless man in Dublin's Temple Bar.

The rise in the homeless population has been highlighted by a 17% increase, last year, in the number of people availing of services provided countrywide by the Simon communities

Emergency moves to bring in rent controls and increase allowances are needed to head-off a surge in homelessness, the Dáil heard.

The double tragedy in Cork at the weekend highlights the lonely and troubled existence of those living on the margins, the head of Cork Simon has said.

Emergency accommodation for the homeless in Cork is to get a cash injection which should mean no-one sleeping rough on the city’s streets by Christmas.

This month, Jonathan Corrie was found dead in an office block doorway on Molesworth Street.

Reports circulating of a rogue batch of high-strength heroin in Cork following the recent drug-related deaths of two homeless people have been discounted after tests found nothing unusual in samples tested.

Irish politicians are belatedly addressing the homeless problem but why did it take the death of Jonathan Corrie on the Government’s doorstep to get action?