Our recent book, which looks at the story of homelessness since the foundation of the Irish State, reveals a very different picture of this era. The DHAC adopted an innovative broad concept of homelessness, acknowledging families in insecure and overcrowded accommodation and linking rising homelessness with inadequate and unaffordable housing in Dublin. There remains an enduring view among most Irish people that homelessness is fundamentally wrong and must be tackled. Above all, there remains an enduring view among most Irish people that homelessness is fundamentally wrong and must be tackled. Eoin O’Sullivan, Mike Allen, and Sarah Sheridan are the authors of Understanding Homelessness in Ireland since Independence: Decades in the Making, which was published by Policy Press last month.

Source: The Irish Times March 22, 2026 06:31 UTC