A homeless family: ‘You feel forgotten by everybody, you feel no hope’

A mother has spoken of her joy after being offered a home after spending months in emergency accommodation (File photo/Nick Ansell/PA)

A mother of four who was homeless for 11 months has spoken of her delight at getting a home in time for Christmas.

Ania*, who lives in the Finglas area with her children – aged two, seven, 10 and 14 – said that she had been worried about how to do Christmas for her children while in emergency accommodation.