Report: Family disputes the most common cause of homelessness

Of the 1,546 homeless people in the Mid-West last year, 673 were female.

Family disputes were the most common cause of homelessness, along with a breakdown of living arrangements, according to the Mid-West Regional Homlessness Action Plan unveiled yesterday.

Drawn up by Limerick City and County Councils, Clare County Council, and North Tipperary County Council, the plan sets out a strategy to tackle the problem up until 2018.