Merchants Quay homeless night cafe sees 'more coming in for economic reasons' in last year

The number of unique clients using the country's first homeless night cafe rose by 10% last year, with Merchants Quay Ireland revealing that more people pushed into homelessness because of the housing crisis are accessing the service.

Merchants Quay homeless night cafe sees 'more coming in for economic reasons' in last year

The number of unique clients using the country's first homeless night cafe rose by 10% last year, with Merchants Quay Ireland revealing that more people pushed into homelessness because of the housing crisis are accessing the service.

MQI has run the homeless night cafe in Dublin city centre since the start of 2015, offering mats on the floor for 55 people each night of the year and a chance to avail of its related services.

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