Minister: Plans in place to get homeless people off the streets tonight; temperatures drop to -5

Latest: The Housing Minister, Eoghan Murphy, has tweeted to say plans are in place to get homeless people off the streets across the country tonight.

Update 7.50pm: The Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has tweeted to say plans are in place to get homeless people off the streets across the country tonight.

1/2 Contact with Dublin, Cork, Limerick & Galway has confirmed arrangements in place for rough sleepers. Teams already out in Dublin to help people in ahead of snow forecast for tonight and efforts will intensify in to the evening.

— Eoghan Murphy (@MurphyEoghan) December 9, 2017