ISPCC urges plan on homelessness

There are calls for child protection authorities to intervene after the housing minister said a deadline to stop using emergency accommodation for the homeless cannot be met.

Homeless support groups said families are staying in hotels longer than ministers stay in charge of their briefs.

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy admitted at a Focus Ireland event in Dublin that a pledge to end the use of hotels and B&Bs for homeless families by the end of this month will not be met.