Housing summit convened following deaths of homeless people

The Government is to convene an emergency housing summit next week in the wake of the deaths of two homeless people and amid stinging criticism of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, writes Daniel McConnell, Elaine Loughlin, and Joe Leogue.

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy announced the meeting of county council bosses and senior officials after the two deaths piled further pressure on the Government to address the housing crisis.