By Gordon DeeganOne Dublin hotel was last year paid between €4m to €5m to accommodate the spiralling numbers of homeless in the capital. New figures released in response to a Freedom of Information request show that along with the hotel receiving between €4m to €5m another hotel received payments between €2m to €3m. Last year, the overall amount paid out to hotels by Dublin City Council totalled €46.93m - a 20.5% jump on the €38.94m paid out in 2016. In addition, the City Council paid €12.3m to hostels and B&Bs. On the hotel spend, independent member of Dublin City Council, Mannix Flynn said: "The spend is outrageous, but it is not surprising.

Source: Evening echo March 30, 2018 17:26 UTC