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Limerick TD says plan for housing 'clearly failing' amid rising homelessness

SINN FEIN TD Maurice Quinlivan has said that the Government’s Rebuilding Ireland initiative — a programme to tackle the country’s housing crisis — is “clearly failing” as Limerick has reached its highest rate of homelessness to date. Deputy ...

05 Mar 2018 at 06:11

Local News

Homeless families being put up in Limerick city student villages

FAMILIES are currently being housed by the local authority in student accommodation in Limerick city, with some families recently offered long-term leases at student villages on the northside of the city. A number of families who were ...

31 Mar 2019 at 22:00

Community

Peter McVerry Trust hits Limerick target in first year of operation

THE PETER McVerry Trust has exceeded its goal in housing 30 people since opening its Limerick city offices 12 months ago. The national homeless and charity service, which provides long-term accommodation to people seriously affected ...

04 Jan 2018 at 06:03

Education

Limerick primary school pupils brave cold for homeless

KIND-HEARTED County Limerick children gave up watching cartoons in their cosy sitting rooms to sleep out for the homeless. On a wintry Wednesday evening the boys and girls of Martinstown NS pitched their tents in the yard for two ...

26 Nov 2017 at 09:00

Community

'Life on hold': Homeless man in Limerick seeks to help others

A HOMELESS man from Limerick who has been sleeping rough and couch-surfing for the past year has decided to help those who are even worse off than him. Ross Keogh, a father of two children who is originally from Caherdavin in ...

01 Dec 2017 at 06:02

Planning

No room at inn for 47 children in Limerick this Christmas?

CONCERNS have been expressed that nearly 50 children may have nowhere to stay in Limerick this Christmas as the homelessness crisis continues to escalate. Figures released this week by Limerick City and County Council’s ...

16 Dec 2016 at 07:00

Community

Limerick TD's helping hand for the homeless

LIMERICK TD Maurice Quinlivan has given a helping hand to people facing homelessness over Christmas. With the number of people sleeping on the streets continuing to grow, the Sinn Fein deputy has, with the help of his ...

20 Dec 2016 at 07:03

Business

Homeless people in emergency accommodation in Limerick hits 'historic high'

THE NUMBER of homeless people in emergency accommodation in Limerick has reached an “historic high”, Deputy Maurice Quinlivan has stated, following a report published by the Department of Housing. The monthly report ...

01 Feb 2017 at 07:01

Politics

Limerick council urged to open homeless facility longer

AS the temperatures begin to fall, councillors have called for an extension to the opening of Temporary Emergency Provision (Tep) facility. Run by Novas in conjunction with council, Tep opened in December 2016, and ...

22 Nov 2019 at 13:00

Local News

Councillor says Minister's ‘massage’ of Limerick homeless figures is ‘disgusting’

SINN Fein councillor John Costelloe has described revelations that Limerick council removed families from its March homeless figures following a “Minister’s order” as “disgusting”. It has emerged that following a ...

21 May 2018 at 15:18

Local News

25 people less in emergency homeless accommodation in Limerick

TWENTY-FIVE fewer people are now in emergency homeless accommodation in Limerick, official figures show. The Peter McVerry Trust, the housing and homeless charity, which has recently established a presence in ...

22 Feb 2017 at 07:04

Local News

Statistics show scale of homelessness problem in Limerick

The latest figures have shown that 262 people are currently homeless in Limerick. Figures for June 2019 show that there is still much work to be done in combating Ireland’s homelessness crisis. The current ...

06 Aug 2019 at 10:00

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