Avalon House, Aungier Street, Dublin 2
Olivia Kelly, in The Irish Times, reports:
Businesses on Aungier Street, Dublin, are to take legal action to stop the opening of the State’s largest homeless hostel for rough sleepers at Avalon House.
The Peter McVerry Trust and the Dublin Region Homeless Executive intend to take over the backpackers’ hostel, above a branch of Starbucks cafe, and use it to provide emergency accommodation for 155 homeless adults.
A lease on the building has been signed by the trust, and the facility is due to open in January. However, local businesses say they will seek a High Court injunction to stop it going ahead.
Dublin businesses seek to stop 155-bed homeless hostel (Olivia Kelly, The Irish Times)