Homeless charity warns that more rough sleepers may die

Tents of homeless people in Dublin as the Inner City Helping Homeless charity has warned of further deaths of rough sleepers over the festive period if the Government does not intervene (Niall Carson/PA)

A homeless charity has warned there will be further deaths of rough sleepers on the streets of Dublin over Christmas if the Government does not intervene.

Chief executive of Dublin based charity, Inner City Helping Homeless (ICHH), Anthony Flynn criticised the Government’s response to the homeless crisis, saying Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien needed to take responsibility for rough sleepers dying on his watch.