Tag: homelessness

A new report has revealed that many Irish people struggle to afford healthy food. The report also noted that “one ...

An Irish human rights organisation has said people receiving welfare payments are facing “systemic discrimination” on the housing market. The ...

Ireland's largest voluntary charity has said the country's government must take “radical action” to end poverty. The Society of St. ...

The Vagrancy Act was created in 1824 so that the authorities could legally harass homeless veterans of the Napleonic wars. ...

An Irish advocacy and research organisation has described the impact of homelessness on children. Focus Ireland told a government committee that being ...

Ireland's housing minister has suggested young people will be "excited" to live in the equivalent of tenements (multi-occupancy/slum buildings). Eoghan ...

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Dublin to protest the housing and homelessness crisis gripping Ireland. It ...

On 11 May, Dog Section Press (DSP) said it had distributed 800 copies of its newspaper DOPE to "homeless vendors ...

Sinn Féin has introduced a bill in the Irish parliament that would make housing a constitutional right. The bill "would ...

Sitting on the pavement in Somerset "without reasonable excuse" landed a homeless man with a 20-week jail sentence. According to County ...

In December 2018, stories about Gyula Remes caused outrage and shock after he died sleeping rough just yards from the ...

A council in Torbay told a disabled young person to "sleep rough occasionally". Despite medical evidence, the young person was ...

At Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) on 26 February, Theresa May told SNP's Ian Blackford that: “He should vote for a deal ...

There a few things lower than throwing dirty water on a homeless person. And yet that’s exactly what Southern Rail ...

On 31 January, the government's latest figures showed a drop in the number of homeless people rough sleeping for the ...

One man has shared a moving response about Universal Credit to the Tory councillor who wanted to "tear down" tents ...

On 24 January, a Tory councillor said she wanted to "tear down" tents belonging to homeless people on the streets ...