12,600 people in emergency accommodation marking new record high

The figures rose by 1% in the space of a month. Picture: Norma Burke/RollingNews.ie

The number of people homeless in Ireland has risen yet again, with 12,600 people in emergency accommodation at the end of June in another new record high.

The 1,804 families who were homeless in June is also the highest ever, having last peaked five years ago.