New figures show number of people homeless rose in October

Leinster Lane in Dublin city, where the body of a homeless man in his 40s was found in a tent in the area this week. Photograph: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

New figures show there were 8,737 people living in emergency accommodation in October, an increase on the number in the previous month.

The figures, published by the Department of Housing, show 6,095 adults were homeless at the end of that month, alongside 2,642 children. In September the figure was 8,656.