Gardaí are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a dead man in a tent in Dublin city earlier this week.
The discovery was made on Monday on Lad Lane Upper near Leeson Street in Dublin 2. The man’s body was removed to the Dublin City Mortuary for a postmortem and a Garda spokesman said enquiries were ongoing.
It is understood the man had not been engaging with State supports or homeless agencies, according to one source in the sector.
Responding to news of the death of the rough sleeper, homelessness support group A Lending Hand asked how a man could be left to “die alone on the cold hard ground in a tent he called home” in 2022.
Separately, a man who had been living in homeless accommodation run by the Peter McVerry Trust died on Thursday. The death is believed to be linked to a underlying health condition.
The man had lived in homeless accommodation run by the charity for many years, with his death coming as a “shock” to staff who knew him well, one source said.
The latest figures show there was a record number of young homeless people in March and Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien said the continued rise in the numbers accessing emergency accommodation was a “serious concern”.
According to the Department of Housing there were 9,825 homeless people in March, an increase of 333 (3.5 per cent) on the previous month. The figures showed a record 5,143 single people were homeless, including 3,343 in Dublin.
