The Peter McVerry Trust says tents are not a safe solution to rough sleeping.

Household incomes are struggling to match the average cost of rental accommodation, according to new research from the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI).

A homelessness charity says it is ‘really concerned’ that a report from the Ombudsman for Children’s Office on family hub centres runs the risk of further stigmatising those living in temporary accommodation centres.

For two meetings so close to Cheltenham, Gowran Park and Naas host two decent cards this weekend. The Kilkenny venue is first up and From Eden can follow up last week’s success when he lines up for the second division of the Xenon Security Handicap Hurdle.

The scheme will cater for people with a long history of homelessness or acute support needs.

Sidelined since May 7, champion-jockey Davy Russell made a successful return to competitive action when landing the €30,000 thetote.com Connacht National Handicap Chase on top-weight Kaiser Back in Roscommon last night.

The Government has the capacity to build 50,000 social houses in the next two years but this would not be the solution to the homeless crisis, the housing minister claims.

We've got the reaction as it comes in, after the Government today unveiled the National Development Plan, billed as Project Ireland 2040.

The Peter McVerry Trust is announcing the first phase of a series of social housing projects for Dublin.

Homeless charities say they supported 115 rough sleepers during Ophelia.

The Peter McVerry Trust is looking to America to develop the future for homeless services here.

The number of homeless children has topped 3,000 for the first time as the number of families living in emergency accommodation continues to rise.

Latest: The Housing Minister has said any one family in emergency accommodation is a family too many.

Homeless charity, the Peter McVerry Trust is developing social housing with new apartments, including one-beds in the pipeline.

The Government is under increasing pressure to beef up compulsory purchase orders and introduce a vacant home tax to tackle the homelessness crisis.

Housing charity Peter McVerry Trust has today welcomed news that the Attorney General has informed the Government that there is no impediment to using compulsory purchase order (CPO) powers to force the sale of empty homes.

Plans to increase the number of social houses being built “fall far short” of what is required to address the escalating crisis, a key homeless charity has claimed.

Rents are continuing to skyrocket to record levels across the country despite repeated Government efforts to tackle the housing crisis.

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy will open a brand new homeless hub in Athy, County Kildare this morning.

A further 10 family hubs for the homeless are due to open in Dublin this year, bringing the total to 19.

More than 5,000 people were homeless across the country last month and more than 200 were found sleeping rough in Dublin on one night this month.

More than 200 people have been counted sleeping rough in Dublin on one night.

In a special report, Political Correspondent Juno McEnroe looks at how people are still suffering despite Government attempts to fix the housing crisis. Housing Minister Simon Coveney and CEO of the Peter McVerry Trust Pat Doyle also have their say on this crucial issue facing the country.

We welcome the continued commitment from Housing Minister Simon Coveney to tackle the housing and homeless crisis.

The UCC Don’t Step On The Crest Handicap Hurdle was the feature event on Students’ Raceday in Mallow, writes Tommy Lyons, and local trainer Eoghan O’Grady landed the spoils with the game Westerner Point, ridden by Philip Enright.

Almost two-thirds of people would be in favour of a new tax on empty houses, according to a survey for homeless charity the Peter McVerry Trust.

The majority of people now favour taxing the 198,000 houses lying empty across the country, a survey has found.

Activists have formed a human chain around Apollo House as they defy a High Court order to vacate the premises.

Activists in Sligo town have occupied an empty office building there.

Up to nine homeless people will have a home to call their own this Christmas as the Peter McVerry Trust moves into Limerick for the first time.

Taxes should be slapped on Dublin's 35,000 empty homes as the number of rough sleepers in the capital soars, homelessness campaigners have said.

The homeless and housing charity, Peter McVerry Trust, intends to more than double its housing provision to 450 by 2020.

Homelessness charities have welcomed the €28m allocated by the Government to provide additional emergency homeless accommodation.

It is almost a year since the Government launched its capital plan covering 2016 to 2021. The plan received a broad if cautious welcome at the time, though the focus of attention soon switched to the budget.

Housing minister Simon Coveney has been severely criticised after he admitted he will miss his own deadline for launching the Government’s much-feted Action Plan for Housing, because of people “heading off” on summer holidays.

When is an emergency not an emergency? asks Daniel McConnell

Rebel Cry followed-up on his win at Thurles in March as he got the better of Sir Abbot in the myITdepartment.ie Handicap Chase at Roscommon last night.

The man who died in St Stephen’s Green on Monday was buried yesterday in his home village in Kerry.

A dash from the school yard to the stable yard proved a profitable one for jockey Evan Dwan, as the 19-year-old Leaving Certificate student secured his maiden victory inside the rails by taking the closing race at Limerick aboard the Pat Doyle-trained Mossback.