Irish Examiner view: No homeless respite

Among the 11,750 people homeless in Ireland, almost 3,500 of them are children. Picture: David Creedon

The latest figures for homelessness make grim reading. An undesirable high recorded for the seventh consecutive month; 11,750 people, nearly 3,500 of them children, in emergency accommodation in January. 

Family homelessness is up 44% in the last 12 months and child homelessness is up 34%.