Homelessness in Ireland hits another record high, according to figures published on Friday
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He said: ”It is important to say that they’re not always the same people. We take thousands of people out of homelessness all the time as well. So there is always hope but of course there are people becoming homeless for the first time, and at the moment there are more people becoming homeless than there are people we are taking out of homelessness, and that’s why the overall figure is rising.”
“I think we actually have reached tipping point already. In the past couple of weeks we’ve had to refuse accommodation to hundreds of people seeking international protection. The truth is we have passed the tipping point already.
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