Sharp rise in deaths of people classified as homeless in Dublin

Tents pitched on the Grand Canal, Dublin, where homeless people had been sleeping. Picture:Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

The HSE is investigating a sharp increase in the number of deaths of people classified as homeless in the Dublin area last year. 

In 2020, a total of 79 people who were either sleeping rough or in contact with the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive (DRHE) died.