Cork homelessness at crisis levels as numbers sleeping rough quadruple

The full extent of Cork City’s escalating rough sleeping and homelessness crisis has been laid bare.

Shocking new figures from Cork Simon show a staggering four-fold increase in the number of people sleeping rough in the city since 2011.

There has been a 16% rise in the number of people supported by the charity, an 11% increase in the number of people staying at its emergency shelter, and a 30% increase in demand for day services, outreach and drug prevention services.