Number of Homeless Reaches Record High of 17,885

Ireland Homelessness Hits Record 17,885 as Charities Call for Budget 2027 Action

Independent Journalism and Public Interest Reporting. Ireland’s homelessness crisis has reached a new record, with 17,885 people in emergency accommodation in August, as Simon Communities of Ireland called on the Government to make homelessness prevention a priority in Budget 2027. The latest figures from the Department of Housing show an increase of 358 people compared with July, when 17,527 people were [...] This article was originally publish…

Number of people homeless hits record high of 17,885 as charity pleads for budget funding

Half-a-billion spent each year on homelessness, as one TD says Government ‘rather than helping, has made it worse’

Another new homelessness record as over half non-Irish citizens

Nearly 6,000 children affected.

Homelessness: Record 17,885 people in emergency accommodation last month

Of those, 5,830 were children.

Homeless numbers rise 9% in a year as latest figures show fresh increase

More than 5,800 children in 2,800 families among those in emergency accommodation