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Department spends more than €3m housing homeless people in Limerick B&Bs

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Department spends more than €3m in Limerick housing the homeless in B&Bs

MORE than €3m has been spent by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection on hotels and B & B accommodation for homeless people in Limerick over the past five years, it has been revealed. Figures obtained under the Freedom of ...

18 Apr 2018 at 06:01

Local News

Council confirms 65 homeless people are living in Limerick hotels

COUNCILLORS have given only a lukewarm reaction to a new proposal which could see older homeowners move from their own home into a local authority dwelling. At a housing committee meeting, members were shown proposals to introduce a ...

17 Sept 2017 at 14:58

Breaking News

Limerick family living in caravan 'can't cope'

“I HAVE four small kids, and I’m at the end of an estate in a caravan for the last couple of weeks, because I could get no rented accommodation. I can’t cope.” Those are the words of a mother who has recently been made homeless, ...

11 Sept 2017 at 07:00

Local News

Limerick charity event to place Focus on homeless issue

HUNDREDS of people are set to sleep out at King John’s Castle to highlight the ongoing problem of homelessness in Limerick. There are still 265 adults without a home in the county, and in response to this Focus Ireland will ...

30 Jul 2019 at 08:00

Local News

Homeless person sleeping rough outside Limerick City Hall

A HOMELESS person has been sleeping outside of City Hall in Merchants Quay, despite being offered emergency accommodation, the Limerick Leader has learned. The individual is believed to have been sleeping in the shelter of ...

09 Apr 2019 at 14:00

Local News

A dozen new homes completed in Limerick city in effort to tackle homelessness

A DOZEN new social housing units have been completed in Limerick city in an effort to tackle homelessness. Peter McVerry Trust completed the 12 “high-quality” units on Mallow Street in partnership with Limerick City and ...

12 Aug 2025 at 16:15

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

Local News

Limerick woman feeds the homeless after ‘society failed’ her sister

“HER death was something that I had never even heard of. It left us devastated. Under the stairs, in a basement, on a cardboard box. We don’t know how long she was down there.” These were the heartbreaking words of ...

22 Dec 2019 at 16:00

Local News

New homes to take homeless people out of emergency accommodation in Limerick city

ALMOST twenty Mid-West Simon Community residents are moving into 10 newly developed apartments in the city centre. This is part of the Clann Nua housing model, and 19 people are being moved directly from emergency ...

11 Nov 2025 at 07:00

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