Alarming report on homeless children

The recent report, Homeless Truths, by the Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, is a stark reminder of the vulnerability of childhood and how even the most basic rights of children and young people are ignored.

One of the most alarming issues to come out of the report is the lack of any reliable data on the number of homeless children in the State.

The most recent statistics, complied by Focus Ireland in 2008, conservatively put that number at 592.