Tag Archives: Homeless

Above: two adjoining houses at St Lawrence’s Road, Contarf, Dublin purchased by the Housing Agency for €2 million to “provide accommodation for 13 families who are currently homeless and in commercial hotels”. 

… the hairs “stood up” on the back of her neck when she was given the “good neighbour policy” by representatives of the homeless agency at a meeting with concerned residents.

This document sets out as an example the house rules for those who will live in the building.

The document states that there will be daily collections of unsafely disposed-of injecting equipment in the locality and that residents are “discouraged” from begging, “tapping” or requesting money from other people….

READ ON: Anger at €2m purchase of pair of Clontarf properties for homeless (Irish Times)

(H/T: Glass Dublin)

This morning.

The Four Courts, Dublin 7

Lyndsey and Alan Byrne have been sleeping in a tent for the last four days outside the Four Courts. Lyndsey has been homeless for 17 years and Alan for 10 years.

A  total of 12 homeless families with over 30 children were told to present to Garda stations on Tuesday night, as there was nowhere else for them to stay.

Earlier: ‘Homelessness Has Become A Business… And Socially Acceptable’

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This morning.

Near Dundrum Town Centre, Dublin 16

The first breakfast of March at a make shift camp of tents where a number of homeless people, including, pic 3, from left: Christian Clarke, Michael Somers, Josh Brophy , Wayne Peear and dog ‘Frank’, have been living for the last year and a half.

Yesterday: ’20 Empty Homes Per Each Homeless Family’

Meanwhile, Next Door

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Good times.

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NAMAwinelake tweetz:

In January 2017, there were a record 7,167 homeless people in emergency accommodation (hotels and hostels) comprising 4,760 adults and 2,407 children. And (top)… this is where the 4,760 homeless adults were “living” at the end of January 2017 – Donegal is up 33% in one month, Galway up 15%…

Earlier: Meanwhile In Offaly

Yesterday: Two Days Late

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From top: Tullamore town, County Offaly; Homeless activist Ken Smollen’s Facebook message

Named locally as Conor O’Hagan, who originally hails from Clonakilty in Cork, he was “hospitalised recently due to the effects of sleeping outdoors and has passed away this evening,” Smollen said. “May he rest in peace,” Smollen said. The cause of his death is not yet known.

Ken Smollen recalled his interaction with the young man in Tullamore: “I only spoke to him once when I gave him a sleeping bag and some food. A number of people tried to help him on numerous occasions, and as far as I’m aware he has been in Tullamore for about 5 months,” he told the Offaly Express.

“He could be seen regularly on the bridge over the river and beside the Bridge House or in other locations on William Street. The last time I saw him he was busking outside the AIB. I know that he was hospitalised about 2 months ago. I haven’t personally seen him on the streets since that,” Smollen added.

UPDATED: Homeless man dies in Tullamore (Offaly Express)

Ken Smollen (Facebook)

Top pic: Millhouse.ie

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Judith Goldberger writes:

I see Airbnb is offering ‘free’ housing to people stranded by immigration order in the US.
Could they not they have done the same for homeless in Dublin? Airbnb is playing a role in eliminating the number of units available to everyone not well off whether they are homeless or want to buy….

Fight!

Airbnb offers free housing to people stranded by immigration order (TechCrunch)

People Before Profit/Anti-Austerity Alliance TD Richard Boyd Barrett picks apart the government’s vulture fund housing policy to the visible chagrin of Housing Minister Simon Coveney during today’s leaders’ questions.

Earlier: Anything Good In The Dublin Economic Monitor?

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As temperatures plummeted last night, homeless charity and outreach group, Inner City Helping Homeless reported a total of 79 people sleeping rough on the streets of our capital.

According to the group there were 66 men and 13 women sleeping rough across the city last night as temperatures dropped below freezing.

At least 79 sleep rough as temperatures plummet to below freezing (Echo)

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