We should declare war on dereliction and a tax amnesty is our best weapon
Use the tax system to reward good behaviour and punish bad, and make it cheaper to build on derelict sites
Homeless Crisis
New ‘reference rental’ system proposed as replacement for rent pressure zones
New form of rent control under consideration for entire country
When your chance of owning a home depends on whether your parents do, the system is rigged
A third of first-time buyers receive help from their home-owning parents, so it feels like the system perpetuates privilege
In pictures: The volunteers serving almost 500 hot meals to those in need outside the GPO every week
Muslim Sisters of Éire’s soup kitchen is one of the longest-established in the capital
Irish star conductor David Brophy on his big new job in Germany: ‘You only become competent when you’re 60′
The Dubliner is thrilling critics at his new musical home in Cologne but he still finds time to worry about Ireland’s cultural capital
Peter McVerry scapegoating misses the bigger question about homelessness
How the State got itself into a position where it was so dependent on a voluntary organisation to provide a vital service is the real issue
Homelessness numbers drop slightly in December after record November
Charities say temporary decline often seen over Christmas as people find places to stay
Woman’s complaint about bullying in Focus Ireland for being a single mother dismissed by WRC
Aoife Cooney’s claim dismissed on grounds ‘robust challenging of an employee about their work is not discrimination, even if that employee is a single parent’
High noon for developer Paddy Kelly, who faces run-in with the sheriff over unpaid rent arrears
Plus: Imma cafe operator departs over contract changes; former Ponzi schemer takes up golf; and Patagonia wants to shut the world out
A fifth of homelessness budget should be spent on prevention measures, Threshold says
Charity says landlords are taking advantage of the rent pressure zones system
‘Tonight we had 470 meals, they all went’: Dublin soup kitchen offers essential help but faces uncertain future
Soup kitchen run by Muslim Sisters of Éire among estimated 24 voluntary on-street facilities targeted for regulation under controversial plan
Fears grow for Brussels homeless during snow and freezing temperatures
Red Cross volunteers helping rough sleepers during cold snap feel like the ‘plaster on a broken leg’
Having a job is no longer a guarantee of being able to house yourself. That breaches the social contract
Ireland’s conservative thinking holds that because people have personal choice, they are responsible for their own destiny in life. This is a half-baked, divisive, meritocratic philosophy
‘Poverty has no mercy’: Sleeping rough in Dublin in sub-zero temperatures
Outreach teams and soup kitchens provide much-needed food, cold-weather packs and community on the capital’s freezing streets
Next government urged to end long-term homelessness by 2030
Call has been made by Irish Homeless Policy Group as Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael continue talks aimed at developing a programme for government
Dublin soup kitchen bylaws must not push volunteer groups ‘out of existence’, councillors say
Concerns raised about plans to draft legislation to end practice where groups provide hot food to people queuing on city’s streets
Homeless fathers ‘not seen as fathers’ by services, pushing them farther from children - report
Many men categorised as ‘single adults without dependents’ are fathers may or may not share custody of children
Serious concern for ‘few hundred’ rough sleepers amid snow and freezing rain
International protection applicants without accommodation will be housed during cold weather, department says
US cities grapple with homelessness ahead of Trump term
Court allows cities to criminalise sleeping outside as president-elect promises to ‘get the homeless off our streets’
‘It’s next week I’m worried about. It’s going to be tough.’ Dublin’s homeless brace for freezing conditions
With Met Éireann forecasting snow across Ireland, homeless people in Dublin city centre face an uncertain time
Number of homeless people passes 15,000 for first time since records began
Some 4,658 children are in emergency accommodation as Darragh O’Brien says addressing crisis is ‘an absolute priority’
Ten predictions experts made about the world in 2025. All of them are wrong
When it comes to predicting the future, you might as well ask an astrologer as a rational expert
Ireland Funds awards €500,000 in end-of-year grants
Some 20 organisations will receive €25,000 each to support their work with young people
Bylaws would ban ‘well-meaning’ on-street soup kitchen runs to Dublin homeless
Outdoor food services to homeless people ‘well-meaning’ but lacking in dignity and safety, council says
Michael D Higgins gives last Christmas message as president: ‘We are a country of which there is much to be proud’
President pays special tribute to members of the Irish Defence Forces who will be overseas this Christmas for showing ‘an example of Irishness and its values at its best’
Public raise funds to pay funeral costs of woman (36) who was assaulted as she left soup kitchen in Cork
Vanessa O’Callaghan had just been given a sleeping bag and food by the Kindness Krew volunteers when she was attacked in Patrick Street
Peter McVerry charity paid near €1.7m to law firm headed by brother of director, watchdog finds
Fees paid in 2022 and 2023 to Lavelle Solicitors, whose managing partner Michael Lavelle is a brother of McVerry director Richard Lavelle
Inspectors raise more questions about lax board oversight at McVerry Trust
Report for AHBRA points to ‘serious’ governance failings in charity
Homeless asylum seekers camped near Dáil offered accommodation after standoff with gardaí
Some 50 tents pitched at Kildare Place on Thursday after men told to leave ‘cold weather’ beds in Citywest
Asylum seekers protest outside Dáil after having to leave ‘cold weather accommodation’
Irish Refugee Council criticises ‘illogical’ move by State authorities which is understood to impact around 135 men
Number of homeless international protection applicants passes 3,000
Record number of asylum seekers without accommodation comes as Government’s cold weather initiative ends
Where will FF/FG find common ground with Labour and Social Democrats? Housing
All the parties have acknowledged the need to deliver a higher number of homes and the greater involvement by the State in doing so
‘It doesn’t have to be them or us’: Teachers behind new book of refugees’ stories want to challenge stereotypes
Leah O’Shaughnessy and Melanie Martin co-wrote the book in the wake of the Dublin riots
Homeless figures reach a new high of almost 15,000
Figures published on day of general election show annual increase of 13.5 per cent in those accessing emergency accommodation
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