Summer homelessness can disrupt children’s development, psychologist warns

More than 250 children in Cork and Kerry are spending their summer holidays in emergency accommodation, charity figures show

Children now make up more than one-third of all people experiencing homelessness nationally. Picture: iStock

A UCC psychologist has warned that spending the summer in homelessness can affect children’s developmental milestones.

This summer, 255 children in Cork and Kerry are without a home, spending the school holidays in emergency accommodation.