Category: Homelessness
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The main concerns of young Irish in today’s hectic world
A new survey shows that Ireland faces several challenges and major international problems, which make it hard for young people to grow up with confidence and ease when looking towards the future. According to the most recent Central Statistics Office (CSO) “Growing…
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Photo Gallery: Hundreds run in Simon Community fundraiser to combat homelessness
By Sean Kavanagh The Simon Community ‘Home Run’ is an annual fundraiser that began in 1983 and it aims to raise money to support Dublin Simon Community’s work across emergency response and long-term housing solutions. According to the Department of Housing, there are…
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St. Michaels Estate and Inchicore have improvements coming… But it could’ve been so much more
St. Michaels Estate was a staple of Inchicore and Dublin city for positive, but mainly negative reasons. For many years St Michael’s Estate in Inchicore had an unenviable reputation as one of the worst affected areas in the city for heroin abuse But…
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Students in Ireland Struggling with Rising Rent and Limited Accommodation
By Jamie Ryan Yugo Student Accommodation – Photo Credit: Jamie Ryan The student accommodation crisis in Ireland has been an on-going issue for the past few years. Every year, a new batch of students from across Ireland are accepted into universities, in which…
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A homeless man has been reduced to living in a tent in the town of Nenagh for the past two years
By Jason Quigley The plight of homelessness has been brought glaringly home to the people of Nenagh with a destitute man living in a tent on the town’s main street for two years. The man’s tent located on Pearse Street Nenagh. Photo: Jason…
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“A cowardly choice” – Motion to accelerate Eviction Ban Bill fails in Dáil
By Jake Mc Laughlin A motion to accelerate the progress of the People Before Profit (PBP) Solidarity Eviction Ban Bill 2022 has failed to pass in the Dáil following a vote on Wednesday evening. The votes were counted at 52-69 against the motion.…
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