More than 10,000 emergency beds were already occupied by homeless people in Dublin last month
announced on Friday it would make available an additional 173 beds immediately with 150 more coming on stream in March. These will be open 24 hours a day with meals provided on-site.
In a statement the DRHE said: “In order to meet the increase in demand for homeless services and have the appropriate contingency plans in place for cold weather conditions, we are activating the cold weather strategy 2024-2025 in the Dublin region. A spokesman confirmed none of these would be available to the more than 2,800 homeless male asylum seekers, however, saying their accommodation was “a matter for the
One volunteer, who has been supporting homeless asylum seekers since early 2024, said: “The speed with which they are getting accommodation has improved, generally within four to five nights, or even less. But they just need accommodation on arrival. They are walking around in wet clothes all day and getting into wet sleeping bags.”
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