Alex Warnick, the 42-year-old homeless man whose body was found in the Grand Canal, Dublin, two weeks ago, lived a “carefree and wild life”, a friend...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/PLYJYGLIYUDDG56JEWADWJAF2I.jpg "Grand Canal deaths: Victims named, foul play not suspected ahead of postmortem results")
Gardaí investigating the deaths of two men whose bodies were found in the Grand Canal near Dublin city centre on Saturday do not suspect foul play...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/OCISOHEHVJCGJPDQNKRILL4PG4.jpg "‘I needed that, I’ll be back’: Drop-in exercise programme for homeless people gets positive reaction")
Homeless people would value and participate in exercise programmes that are accessible and safe for them, according to a new study by Trinity College Dublin (TCD)...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/6A4GA63A5ZGPHN5BZOKYWMVHMA.JPG "Rickets, anaemia, scabies: homeless children in Ireland suffering malnutrition effects associated with poorer countries")
The health system is “unprepared” for “serious and worsening” impacts of homelessness on children, a leading paediatrician has warned. Dr Aoibheann Walsh, consultant specialising in paediatric...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/ZJSOHZPORRCJBLLGOOACO6YFBA.jpg "Irish renters living in fear: ‘I’m working in a Government job, and I feel so abandoned’")
Many of Ireland’s renters are living in fear that one change in circumstance could leave them homeless overnight. The main reason people contact homelessness-prevention organisation Threshold...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/5XNQQVYT4JHQJFEU3QWAFG5UBY.JPG "State contracts for housing Ukrainians to be reduced starting with providers with ‘compliance concerns’")
The State is reducing the number of contracts it has for housing Ukrainian refugees starting with those where there are “compliance concerns” about the providers, Oireachtas...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/OV74TNGR3NFFJGHWCUR7UTVWMY.jpg "Why are more empty religious buildings not being used to house the homeless?")
Vacant or derelict religious buildings are often cited as being prime properties for conversion to housing – yet experts disagree on how many such buildings are...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/CR7VMLBXDZQ4TSBO3YEJNV52RQ.jpg "Family fears being made homeless over council’s HAP decision")
A family who fears being made homeless has brought a High Court action aimed at compelling Dublin City Council to pay the full Housing Assistance Payment...