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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

Politics

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 children believe father 'is still in room' where he died in Limerick hotel

A MOTHER living in emergency accommodation in a Limerick city hotel whose partner died in his sleep beside her, has spoken about the trauma her young family is going through following his sudden death. Kathleen Stickle has been living in ...

01 Mar 2018 at 22:00

Weather

Homeless services in Limerick city on high alert as temperatures soar in heatwave

HOMELESS services are on high alert in the city as Limerick endures one of its strongest heatwaves in history this week. While there have been no reported incidents, homeless people in temporary accommodation are at-risk of sun- or ...

28 Jun 2018 at 18:30

Business

Limerick Bar association supports Novas in memory of the late Louise Casey

LIMERICK Solicitors’ Bar Association has honoured the memory of Louise Casey by making a donation in her name to Novas. The 31-year-old died in the stairwell of a vacant city building, where she had taken shelter from the cold, ...

18 Nov 2017 at 09:00

Business

'Horrifying' figure of 111 children living in Limerick hotels

EMERGENCY accommodation to house almost 200 people in hotels in Limerick is costing €55,000 of tax payers money each week, it has been revealed. Information disclosed at this month’s council meeting show that €55,000 is being ...

26 Sept 2017 at 18:56

Business

New figures show that Limerick had more homeless than Cork in September

NEW FIGURES released for Limerick show that it had the most homeless people in the country outside Dublin in September. Statistics in the Homeless Report 2017, released by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local ...

02 Nov 2017 at 13:55

Business

Limerick homeless service Novas reports 270% increase in those using its services

LIMERICK homeless service Novas has said it worked with nearly 600 children last year. The startling figure was revealed by the organisation at its seminar in the Belltable on Childhood Experiences of Homelessness in ...

17 Nov 2017 at 06:03

Business

Number of families living in Limerick hotels and B&Bs falls as council targets housing

THE number of families in Limerick living in hotels and B&Bs has fallen to 48 since figures were last released in September. Then, the number stood at 69 and included 120 children. Since then, the Twin Oaks 10 unit ...

06 Nov 2017 at 16:37

Business

Born homeless in Limerick: 'My baby's first home was a hotel room'

NINE babies have been born into homelessness in Limerick so far this year, while three women are soon expected to give birth while in emergency accommodation, the Limerick Leader has learned. That is according to ...

04 Nov 2017 at 08:00

Planning

Charity to house ten people in new Housing First plan in Limerick

TEN people who are at risk of homelessness in Limerick will benefit from an inaugural scheme being rolled out by the Peter McVerry Trust this year. Through its new Housing First scheme, the charity, which opened ...

18 Feb 2018 at 17:00

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 ...

21 May 2018 at 15:18

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