We need action on housing for older people, or risk the current crisis being only the beginning
Seán Moynihan, CEO of ALONE Many of us have read or heard the recent story of Micheline Walsh. Micheline , 78, bravely spoke out about her experience facing homeless alongside her husband, who is disabled. Unfortunately, Micheline’s case is not unique. In the first three months of this year, on average ALONE assessed at least […]
STARCAMP row in behind FOCUS Ireland and extend free camp to all children in Ireland until January 31st while schools remain closed
Starcamp had a whirlwind response to the free online camp that they offered to children nationwide this week. Over 200,000 children signed up to avail of the camp, causing the website to crash. Following the announcement of school closures, and in response to the overwhelming demand that they are experiencing, they will extend the availability […]
Healy Introduces Emergency Housing Bill 2018
On Thursday last, Deputy Seamus Healy introduced the Housing Emergency Measures in the Pubic Interest Bill (HEMPI) 2018 to Dáil Éireann. This Bill seeks to declare formally the housing and homelessness crisis a national emergency. The Bill provides for the delimiting of the rights of landlords, banks and finance houses, including vulture funds, in order […]
Recall The Dáil Immediately To Declare National Housing Emergency-Seamus Healy TD
Deputy Seamus Healy has called for the immediate recall of the Dáil to declare a Statutory National Housing Emergency to deal with the crisis in Housing and Homelessness. He Said: “The Dáil should be recalled immediately to legislate for a housing emergency, to declare a moratorium on all evictions until the emergency is over, and […]
Tipp GAA stars to participate in homelessness sleep-out #GaelicVoices4Ch
A group of over 400 current and former inter-county football, hurling and camogie players who are passionate about making a difference have united under the umbrella of ‘Gaelic Voices for Change’. The new player-led social movement is made up of volunteers from the four provinces who have been meeting weekly for the past two months. […]
Homeless and Housing Emergency Public Meeting in Clonmel
This Christmas morning over 3,000children will wake up in hotel bedrooms and bed and Breakfast accommodation. Successive governments including Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the Labour Party stopped local authorities building social houses. They handed social housing over to private developers and the private market. As a result, we have a National Housing and Homelessness […]
Varadkar Only Offers Opportunity For Homelessness – Martin Browne
Cllr Martin Browne of Sinn Féin has condemned Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s alleged “Republic of Opportunity” saying that real employment isn’t being created, and that the homeless figures which continue to increase show the lie behind the propaganda. Speaking at the 2nd March for Change in Clonmel, Cllr Browne said: “Leo Varadkar speaks fine words, and makes a […]
Report reveals most vulnerable children in Ireland are invisible – Government down another grade on children’s rights
A report launched this week reveals the extent to which children’s rights are not being upheld in Ireland and how some of the most vulnerable children are being rendered invisible. Report Card 2017 was compiled by the Children’s Rights Alliance, an organisation that holds government to account in respect of their own commitments in A Programme for a […]
Businesses Raise €33,000 For Two Charities
Dublin Chamber of Commerce, the organisation which represents businesses in the Dublin region, announced that it has raised over €33,000 for charity. The proceeds, raised over the past 12 months, will be split between the Chamber’s two chosen charities for 2016 – the Peter McVerry Trust, set up to provide services to homeless people in […]
