Call for progress on health services hub for homeless in Cork City

Cork TD Colm Burke said proposed hub would benefit the estimated 500 homeless people in Cork who are forced to leave hostels each morning

The aim of the project is to bring health staff together in one hub to provide different services to homeless people in Cork city centre who have to leave homeless hostels each morning.

A former minister for drugs is calling for progress on a homeless services hub for Cork City, which one service provider to homeless people says could save lives.

The call is being made by Cork Fine Gael TD Colm Burke, who served as the minister with responsibility for drugs from April to November 2024.