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Last night.

The Inner City Helping Homeless outreach team counted 76 rough sleepers in Dublin – 63 men and 13 women.

Meanwhile, this morning, Olivia Kelly in The Irish Times reports:

Modular homes, originally intended to provide short-term accommodation for homeless families living in hotels, are to be used as permanent housing for applicants on Dublin City Council’s housing waiting list.

The council in November announced plans to build modular or “stackable” apartments at two sites in the city. The 70 apartments are expected to cost €15 million.

The smaller of the two sites, a vacant plot on Fishamble Street near Christ Church Cathedral, will have four to eight apartments at a cost of €1.5 million to €1.8 million. This will be used to accommodate homeless families living in emergency accommodation.

However, the council has decided the second site, a €13.5 scheme of 62 apartments at Bunratty Road in Coolock, will be used to accommodate people on the council’s general housing waiting list. The list currently stands at some 20,000 applicants.

Modular homes to be used in Dublin as permanent housing (Irish Times)

Inner City Helping Homeless (Facebook)

On Saturday, August 27.

At the Bernard Shaw pub on South Richmond Street at 2pm.

An art auction to raise funds for the homeless service, Inner City Helping Homeless.

This time Art for Change is partnering with Dublin’s frontline homeless service, the entirely volunteer-run charity; Inner City Helping Homeless. This fundraising event will take place in the beer garden of the Bernard Shaw pub on Saturday the 27th of August.

Inner City Helping Homeless was formed in November 2013 to combat the ever growing homeless crisis that is clearly evident across the city of Dublin. They operate a seven-day outreach service across the city.

This support service operates nightly, providing access to beds, sleeping bags, food and/or case management referral. They also offer a 16-hour daily outreach service, responding to rough sleeper reports within 15 minutes of a call. Their day service operates case management alongside client referral also advocating on behalf of the clients. Inner City Helping Homeless is 100% volunteer-run.

This charity event will raise funds for Inner City Helping Homeless, while promoting some great artists here in Dublin, through an exhibition and auction event to be held in the welcoming environment of the Bernard Shaw pub on South Richmond Street.

Charity art auction (Facebook)

Art for Change

Previously: No Homeless Here

‘He Died Of Pneumonia’

Thanks John Chambers