DUBLIN, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Ireland's homeless figures in March remained at record levels despite the government's pledge to solve the issue, reported local media RTE on Tuesday. The report quoted the statistics released by the government earlier in the day as saying that the number of hom...
How Bloody Sunday informed inspirational one-woman play about homelessness and addiction as Myra’s Story returns to Ireland from the West End Myra’s Story is back in theatres to make us weep, make us laugh and make us think. Gail Bell talks to Derry playwright Brian Foster about how the...
The survey involved a representative sample of 2,152 UK adults aged 16-75 sourced from Ipsos’sonline panel. Booster sampling increased the number of surveys completed in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in order to improve our ability to make comparisons. Data was weighted to the known pop...
Focusing specifically on public health measures implemented during the pandemic via the health and housing systems, respectively, we discuss how such interventions may have impacted on these homelessness figures in both intended and unexpected ways. We conclude by teasing out and ...
BMC Infectious Diseases (2023) 23:155 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08037-x BMC Infectious Diseases RESEARCH Open Access COVID‑19 in the homeless population: a scoping review and meta‑analysis examining differences in prevalence, presentation, vaccine hesitancy and government...
People experiencing homelessness have higher rates of mental ill-health and substance use and lower access to health services compared to the general population. The COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in service delivery across health and social care servi