Elaine Loughlin: Government has yet to get to grips with the housing and homeless crisis

While the focus in recent months has been on health, the Government is struggling to manage the housing situation

More than 2,600 children will spend Christmas in hotel rooms, homeless hubs, and B&Bs, while the number of homeless adults dying this year has increased in Dublin, Galway, and Cork. File Picture

Santa has been deemed an essential worker and will not face any Garda checkpoints on his way in and out of Irish airspace on Christmas Eve.

The recent Dáil announcement by Simon Coveney, the foreign affairs minister, was welcomed by little believers up and down the country.