25,000 more families could lose homes, says Fr Peter McVerry

Homeless campaigner Fr Peter McVerry has warned that another 25,000 families could lose their homes unless the Government takes drastic action.

Fr McVerry praised the occupation of the empty Apollo House office block by the Home Sweet Home movement for highlighting the problem of people living on the streets.

“We have more homeless people today in Ireland than at any time since the Famine,” the priest told The Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk.