VIDEO: Cork Simon urges people to leave money in wills to ease homeless crisis

An overstretched charity dealing with the homelessness crisis is encouraging people to leave it money in their wills.

Cork Simon has taken the step in response to the alarming increase in people sleeping rough on the streets of the city.

Between 2011 and 2014, the number of people sleeping out has increased seven-fold and during the first nine months of this year, Cork Simon’s Outreach Team have met 285 different people sleeping rough — a figure which exceeds the total number from all of 2014.