A housing charity has expressed its disappointment at the continued rise in the number of homeless people.

An online appeal to raise €5,000 for a homeless charity has seen members of Ireland's biggest book club raise over €40,000 in five weeks.

The art collection of the acclaimed late playwright Brian Friel which went under the hammer in aid of a homeless charity last night raised almost €200,000.

The Peter McVerry Trust is warning that hundreds of people are likely to become homeless because of mortgage sales to vulture funds.

The Peter Mc Very Trust says that the response to Storm Emma was a major factor in the reduction of rough sleeper numbers.

A charity is opening two new homeless centres in Dublin in the hope of keeping a relationship with those that accepted help during Storm Emma.

Emergency accommodation has been announced for 100 single people along with 24 families in Dublin.

Homeless charity The Peter McVerry Trust has secured planning permission for 18 apartments in Dublin city centre.

Robbie, 33, and Ciarán, 30, have both been homeless since their teens.

Houses could be built in as little as three months if rapid build was executed properly, according to the Peter McVerry Trust.

11 people are getting their keys to new apartments from the Peter McVerry trust in Dublin this morning.

The announcement yesterday that a €100m scheme will provide more than 1,300 houses in Cork is welcome. The announcement must, however, also provoke a sigh of relief.

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Campaigners have urged the Government to give tenants stronger rights amid concern that a slight fall in homeless numbers is only a blip.

One of the country's leading homeless charities wants to give hundreds of homeless people a key to their own doors as a way of tackling the crisis.

The Peter McVerry Trust is appealing to the Government to do more to help families who are at risk of becomming homeless.

Housing Minister Simon Coveney has admitted the government needs to do more to get vacant houses occupied.

The Peter McVerry Trust is calling for a transition plan to be put in place to prevent 100 people from finding themselves back on the streets.

Labour leader Eamon Gilmore has defended the Coalition’s record in tackling homelessness after social justice campaigner Peter McVerry predicted that the crisis will "bring this Government down".