- Picture David CreedonNo room at the inn — ‘appalling end to 2018’AN APPALLING end to 2018 is how Cork Simon Campaigns and Communications manager Paul Sheehan has described the latest emergency accommodation figures released by the Government for November. The figures revealed that there was a record number of adults in emergency accommodation in Cork during November 2018, with a total of 363 adults, up 22% in 12 months (298) and up 45% in two years (250). According to the figures, there was also a record number of men, women and children in emergency accommodation in the South West (Cork & Kerry) in November 2018. 793 men, women and children were in emergency accommodation, up 46% in 12 months (544) and up 103% in two years (391). Without adequate affordable housing, the record number of people now stuck in emergency shelters and cramped hotel and B&B rooms will be severely challenged in leaving homelessness behind them.

Source: Evening echo December 25, 2018 17:48 UTC