Dublin city homeless group dealt with 158 people in one night

The scale of the homelessness crisis in Dublin has been highlighted by one charity, claiming it provided food and clothing to 158 people one night this week.

Inner City Helping Homeless said its services were “stretched”, with six volunteer groups “swamped within 40 minutes of their arrival” in outreach areas.

The following night the same teams dealt with 131 people and ICHH director, Anthony Flynn, said: “Organisations such as ourselves and other homeless charities are being stretched to the limit and cannot cope with the demand.”