People sleeping rough instead of in hostels over coronavirus fears, campaigner says

Up to 350 hotel rooms and living spaces were made available to Dublin’s homeless services over the last few weeks.

The hundreds of beds sourced across Dublin for homeless people are not being seen on the ground, a campaigner has claimed.

Anthony Flynn, the head of Inner City Helping Homeless (ICHH), said there has been a massive increase in the number of homeless people leaving shared hostel accommodation over fears of becoming infected with coronavirus.