Homeless Summit to focus on short term measures to ease crisis

The emergency summit to be held today on the homelessness crisis is likely to focus on short-term measures that can be implemented quickly, the Department of the Environment has said.

The event was announced two days ago by Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly in the aftermath of the tragic death of Kilkenny man Jonathan Corrie, whose body was found in a doorway on Molesworth Street in Dublin City Centre on Monday morning.

The event is taking place at the Customs House in Dublin and yesterday a spokesman for the department said the phones