Dublin City Council to Acquire Nama Hotel to House Homeless FamiliesKelly, Olivia
Sir, – The director of the Dublin region homeless executive, Eileen Gleeson, told Dublin City Council’s policing committee that homeless people are on the street due to an accumulation of their “bad behaviour” and that volunteers feeding the homeless only encourages them to remain on the str...
“Let’s be under no illusion here, when somebody becomes homeless it doesn’t happen overnight, it takes years of bad behaviour probably, or behaviour that isn’t the behaviour of you and me,” she told Dublin City Council’s policing committee. “They’re afraid to come i...
Some DRHE frontline staff have undergone counselling. “We support them as much as we can,” she says. That initially involves peer support and in-house assistance, while the City Council provides counselling to those that need it. “Yes, they do avail of it,” the spokesperson says. “It...
On Thursday night, on the Sinn Féin controlled Dublin City Council, councillors agreed to a Sinn Féin motion to implement the 15% maximum cut, thereby reducing the council’s budget to deal with the housing crisis. So chuffed were Sinn Fein, President Mary Lou McDonal...
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According to the city council, which opposes the measure, some 7,500 people sleep outside every night in San Francisco. Every year, local services see around 20,000 different homeless people -- and the city says it is spending $250 million per year on fighting the housing crisis. ...
Dublin City Councillors Reverse [Euro]9m in Proposed Cuts to Homeless, Disabled ; Councillors Reject Housing Rent Increase and Maintain Rents at 2013 LevelsKelly, Olivia
According to the provisional liquidator's report, Mr Wallace and his team have been working with the Dublin Region Homeless Executive department of Dublin City Council to explore options to transition the charity's services to alternative providers. Any changes will ...
Nick Henderson, chief executive of the Irish Refugee Council, called for “immediate steps [to] be taken to ensure that international protection applicants’ basic needs are met ... as winter looms. “We are deeply concerned by the number of international prote...