Homelessness campaigners will meet outside Leinster House this morning to call for a national emergency to be declared. Their calls come following the news that 488 children were declared homeless in February. He said: "The fact of the matter is that is is the biggest increase in homelessness since the record of homelessness has been taken. "222 families have become homeless, 488 of them were children and it is totally unacceptable. Homeless campaigners say there needs to be public outcry over the crisis.

Source: Evening echo March 29, 2018 07:30 UTC