Almost 4,000 children in homelessness branded a 'national scandal'

The record number of 10,000 people now in homelessness is a “national scandal,” the Dáil heard as Tánaiste Simon Coveney came under attack for wrecking children's lives.

Opposition TDs have rounded on the government's record, calling for May's local elections to be a de-facto referendum on “failed” housing policies.