County council criticised over homeless spend

Cork County Council has been criticised for not doing enough for homeless people and spending less per head on them compared to other local authorities.

A report issued by council officials shows while it helped 67 people in the last two months, during that time it had no reports of anybody sleeping rough in the county who needed assistance.

The council estimates it will spend nearly €300,000 this year on homeless services, but Cllr Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (SF) says that according to Public Policy.ie, it only spends on average 91 cent per head of population.