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In Ireland, another 76 children became homeless just in time for the new school year

There are still 690 families in hotels, the Minister for Housing said.

THE NUMBER OF homeless people in Ireland continues to rise, according to the government’s latest figures.

In September, there were 5,250 adult and 3,124 children accessing emergency accommodation meaning that 8,374 people across the country were homeless.

This compared to 5,222 adults and 3,048 children that were homeless in July.

The government, however, said that overall trends of family homelessness, in particular, are going downwards.

The number of families on a national level continues to rise, with 89 new presentations in September. In Dublin, however, the number of homeless families fell 3.4% between July and September.

Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy said: “In Dublin, for the second month in a row – and the first time in three years – we are exiting more families into secure and sustainable homes than are entering our emergency accommodation services.

Unfortunately, families and individuals continue to present to our emergency accommodation services.

The number of families in hotels and bed and breakfasts stood at 690. Furthermore there are just over 300 families currently in family hubs.

Murphy said that by March 2018, a further 280 families will be housed in these hubs.

An additional 197 beds are also set to be put in place for the winter in Dublin and other major urban areas by early December.

“My department, local authorities and approved housing bodies will continue to work closely, quickly and proactively to identify further solutions that will work to help people and families experiencing homelessness,” Murphy said.

Read: Martin is home at last: 14 years on the street and finally a door to close behind him

Read: ‘I am sitting with a non-alcoholic beer on my last night in emergency accommodation’

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    Jun 25th 2019, 1:31 PM

    I suggest that the recipients of such creatures be tightly parcel-wrapped and dispatched by post to the senders.

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    Jun 25th 2019, 1:54 PM

    @Michael Kavanagh: hahahahhahahah. Gosh! you have such an imagination. Thank you for making me laugh so loud.

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    Jun 25th 2019, 3:16 PM

    @Arya: it’s not that funny. I’m funnier.

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    Jun 25th 2019, 1:50 PM

    A license should be a requirement for owning any pet.

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    Jun 25th 2019, 3:18 PM

    @Rob: don’t be daft.

    Goldfish? Hamster?

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    Jun 25th 2019, 2:31 PM

    Another reptile owner bashing article, they normally post one or two a year this year they seem to be constantly posting about the people that give the rest of us a bad name and portraying it as the norm. It’s not normal for someone to mistreat ANY animal, those who do should feel the full weight of the law. Reptiles are awesome and make great pets If you know how to take care of them, otherwise it’s just like buying a puppy and putting it in the back garden and leaving it there all day without walks, attention or even basic care.

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    Jun 25th 2019, 3:09 PM

    @Rachel O’ Meara: Just trying to picture strolling around my garden with a salamander or a toad on a lead.

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    Jun 25th 2019, 3:17 PM

    @Rachel O’ Meara: true. A lot of understandable ignorance.

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    Jun 25th 2019, 1:19 PM

    They should be frogmarched back to Rosslare

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    Jun 25th 2019, 9:17 PM

    People seem to equate these exotic pets with cats and dogs – sure cats and dogs used to be wild but we domesticated them – that happened over thousands of years, with animals that were already comfortable with humans in the human world. It doesn’t matter if Justin Bieber has one and you’ve watched 100 YouTube videos, leave wild animals in the wild.

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    Jun 25th 2019, 2:08 PM

    Can’t wait til the end of the world. Hope it’s soon.

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    Jun 25th 2019, 9:13 PM

    What tf is wrong with people?!

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    Jun 25th 2019, 7:19 PM

    Reptiles r grand look at the ones we send over to Spain n mammy says my little Johnny would never do that

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    Jun 25th 2019, 3:05 PM

    I toad ‘em we really don’t need any Mo Salamander stories during the off season but would they listen…

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    Jun 25th 2019, 6:06 PM

    Ask the Aussies about their headaches with toads.
    Euthanize immediately .

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    Jun 25th 2019, 3:01 PM

    Ireland of the welcomes.this is what open borders encourage. .

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    Jun 25th 2019, 2:24 PM

    Bufo alvarius

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