Cork family spent five nights sleeping in Ballincollig church after presenting homeless

Labour TD Eoghan Kenny challenged the Government over gaps in emergency accommodation provision after the family was referred between services

Labour TD Eoghan Kenny said he received a phone call from a family of five, including two children aged 16 and 12, who had presented as homeless to Cork County Council in Annabella, Mallow. Stock image

A family of five spent five nights sleeping in a Ballincollig church after being passed between State services when they presented as homeless, a TD has said.

Labour’s Eoghan Kenny raised the issue in the Dáil this week with Taoiseach Micheál Martin, saying that on Thursday of last week he received a phone call from a family of five, including two children aged 16 and 12, who had presented as homeless to Cork County Council in Annabella, Mallow.