Simon wet shelter for homeless to keep 12 people from sleeping rough

A WET shelter for homeless street drinkers is set to fully open in Cork within weeks.

Cork Simon’s Gateway project on Leitrim Street, in which people will be allowed to drink, will prevent 12 people from having to sleep rough on the city’s streets.

The 24-hour operation will offer one-to-one support to some of the city’s most vulnerable people and also free up space in Simon’s emergency shelter.