Homelessness cost 'could be halved with less use of emergency accommodation'

The Peter McVerry Trust publishes its annual report today.

Update: 12.27am The Government could halve the cost of the unprecedented homelessness crisis by relying less on emergency accommodation, a leading charity has said.

With the bill for the Dublin region running to about €134m this year, the Peter McVerry Trust said putting people up in hotels, hostels and B&Bs was expensive and inefficient.