People at risk of homelessness have threatened to occupy vacant boarded-up council homes as the housing crisis deepens.

A homeless charity in Cork City has recorded a sharp increase in family homelessness over the past year, leading to pressure on beds and higher numbers being turned away.

A new garden will serve as an outdoor training centre for vulnerable young women at risk of homelessness in Cork.

A 22-year-old father of seven and his 46-year-old father of 16 were among five people charged in district court yesterday in relation to an incident that saw a garda hospitalised with a serious head wound and another injured.

Take one sumptuous regency mansion, stuff it full of magical Christmas cheer, add in more than a sprinkle of goodwill and, hey presto — you have the perfect festive recipe for kids who deserve nothing less.

A woman made homeless by rising rents and who has been forced to live in a women’s refuge for the last two months has pleaded for a council home.

HEROIN is now one of the single biggest problems facing homeless women in Cork.