It has issued a tender for a feasibility study. The documents include few details, but they do confirm the likely future uses for the historic building.
April Mooney says the subsidy the council’s offering her on her own isn’t enough to stay, or to get another place, so the council advised her to go into homeless accommodation.
The Dublin Region Homeless Executive says that under an agreed protocol only disused or derelict tents are removed, while those who are homeless say different.
Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien last year asked local authorities to stop enforcing the “local connection” rule. But now it’s back, says one charity CEO.
The Department of Social Protection sometimes pays for burials but not for cremations. For one Lithuanian family, that almost meant they were unable to get a loved-one’s remains home to rest.
“The importance of play to children is clear and is protected by the UN Convention on the Rights of Children via Article 31,” says Ombudsman for Children Niall Muldoon.
Dublin Region Homeless Executive did not record interactions with homeless people judged not to be from Dublin for much of last year, leaving them invisible.
Lower social welfare payments for people aged 18–24 mean it’s even more of a struggle for them to gather the resources to move out of a hostel and into a home.
