Number of homeless people in Ireland hits new record 

A tent belonging to a homeless person on Abbey Street in Dublin City Centre. File picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

There were 15,378 people recorded as homeless in Ireland at the end of February, marking a new record high in Ireland.

The latest Department of Housing figures showed there were 10,725 adults and 4,653 children in emergency accommodation, including 2,185 families. Over half of these were single-parent families.