At least 30 people slept rough in Dublin on Wednesday night despite the best efforts of outreach workers to persuade them into emergency beds. “The HFIT managed to encourage a number of people sleeping rough to come in off the streets. “In Kildare, one additional person was accommodated after they called the out of hours emergency free phone number there. Depaul, for example, is keeping its services at Thomas Street, Little Britain Street, Mount Brown and Blessington Street open 24 hours a day until Sunday. Where other employers were running on reduced staff numbers homeless services needed extra staff cover though the current weather, said a Depaul spokeswoman.

Source: The Irish Times March 01, 2018 13:30 UTC