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THERE ARE NOW here are now almost 1,000 families living in emergency accommodation Dublin.
Latest figures show that there were 998 families homeless and living in hostels, hotels or B&Bs across Dublin in the month of August.
The figure marks a 60% increase on the 607 families that were living in emergency accommodation at the same time last year.
The figures come from the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive (DRHE) – the organisation that manages homeless services across the four Dublin local authorities.
The DRHE said that this month represents the first major reduction in the net increase of families in homelessness.
72 families were placed in emergency accommodation last month, while 67 families left homelessness, giving a net increase for this year of five.
This is compared to an increase of 54 families in July and 26 families in June.
“The Dublin Region Homeless Executive welcome this first significant recorded reduction in the net increase,” the organisation said.
However, the number of families in emergency accommodation is now at record level.
Speaking to RTÉ News at One this afternoon, director of advocacy with homeless charity Mike Allen, said that their was no leadership at national level to tackle the crisis.
The DRHE said that 825 households moved from homeless accommodation into their own tenancies this year.
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As a young, Irish, aspiring writer, this kind of news is inspiring.
Dylan can you call your antagonist Adam Power please?
How can a man with a JFK icon be an antagonist?
Are you writing anything at the moment Dylan?
Poetry mostly, short stories occasionally.
If you write a super-successful series of books about a 6’5″ blue eyed, shaven-headed crime fighter, don’t let Tom Cruise play him in the movie version.
If you do, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.
Only kidding!
Good stuff Dylan, best of luck with that.
Thanks a lot.
I know the other two but could someone tell me about Donal Ryan? And whether it might be worth taking a look at his stuff?
Have a read of this
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15995144-the-spinning-heart
That could be an episode of fair city
The spinning heart is a fantastic book. I read it in a day, couldn’t put down.. Thoroughly enjoyed it and would definitely recommend.
What!!! No Ross O’Carroll Kelly???
Donal Ryan’s book is Quality
I thought Donal Ryan’s book was excellent. Delighted it’s been nominated.
The Testament of Mary is a cert.
Tobin has a very good PR machine and a set of the best connections. But it never quite succeeds in filling the gap left by his fair to middling ability. His consistent attempts to link himself to Henry James through repeated assertion of some apparent equivalence of talent is becoming embarrassing
Of the three Irish authors, McCann must have the best chance being a genuinely talented writer
Colm McCann is the greatest living Irish author. Those with doubts I direct you to his sublime novel Dancer
Please excuse my ignorance. But is this not only for British Commonwealth authors??
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