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Homeless mother and five-year-old son sleep in tent outside Limerick City Hall

A MOTHER who spent the night sleeping in a tent with her child outside Limerick's City Hall, in sub-zero temperatures, says she won’t be moving until they are given accommodation. Charlene Whelan, 29, from O’Malley Park, Southill is pleading for ...

04 Dec 2023 at 16:01

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Homeless family camp out near Limerick’s North Circular Road

A HOMELESS ‘family´ is living in a tent beside one of the city’s most affluent areas. A makeshift tent has been set up in grassland at the Westfields wetlands, a stone’s throw from the North Circular Road. It’s providing shelter for the people ...

16 Sept 2019 at 08:00

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Homeless agency warns public over bogus collectors in Limerick

A HOMELESS agency has issued a public warning over bogus charity collectors in the Limerick city suburbs. In a social media alert, national housing and homeless organisation Novas—headquartered in Limerick—said that it was made aware of the ...

12 Dec 2018 at 09:42

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'Absolutely unacceptable': Homeless pair sleep in tent at Limerick basement

AS the homelessness crisis intensifies, a young couple have been forced to live in a tent in the basement of a city centre business. The fragile tent, which is patched up with bin bags to protect them from the elements, is providing ...

24 Jun 2019 at 19:00

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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 figure of homeless people ...

06 Aug 2019 at 10:00

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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 ...

31 Mar 2019 at 22:00

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Limerick man forced to live in trailer in friend’s back yard

A NORTHSIDE father-of-one has spoken of his hurt and pain after being reduced to living in a caravan in his friend's back yard. Shane Reddan, 28, was evicted from his home in the Old Cork Road back in 2016 after his landlord ...

10 Apr 2019 at 14:00

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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

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Mayor hails reformed drug addict as 'a leader' of Limerick city

A REFORMED heroin addict has been hailed “a leader for our city” by the Metropolitan Mayor of Limerick for his extensive efforts in tackling his own addiction and advocating for victims of homelessness and drug misuse. ...

19 Oct 2018 at 21:42

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Limerick to face ‘deeper challenges’ in housing with homeless shelter to close

IF A TEMPORARY accommodation hostel is closed prematurely in the coming months, Limerick city could be faced with “much deeper challenges” in housing homeless people, Novas has warned. Two prominent Fianna Fail ...

19 Oct 2018 at 14:00

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‘Game changer’ as Limerick council to foot bill on tender to tackle homelessness

LIMERICK CITY and County Council is set to spend an estimated €180,000 for the next three years on a one-to-one housing initiative in its ongoing bid to tackle the region’s worsening homelessness crisis. The ...

09 Oct 2018 at 06:03

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Novas highlights youth homelessness in Limerick and Mid-West

SEVEN in every ten people a Limerick homeless charity work with are aged under 40 – with 30% between 18 and 24. The stark figures were revealed at the launch of Novas’s annual report, which also highlights ...

27 Oct 2019 at 09:00

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