Almost 7,500 people now homeless

Almost 7,500 people are homeless and more than 2,500 of them are children, new figures reveal.

Focus Ireland said new government figures for February show a record total of 7,421 people who are homeless — a 28% increase over the previous 12 months.

The charity that works with people who are homeless or at risk of losing their homes has warned that the crisis will deepen without a strategy to tackle family homelessness.