Seven people have died sleeping rough in less than three months in Ireland, anti-homelessness campaigners said. Seven people have died sleeping rough in less than three months in Ireland, anti-homelessness campaigners said. Seven people died sleeping rough in less than three months, campaigners sayThis week, a middle-aged man was found unresponsive in a tent in school grounds in Ranelagh in south Dublin - and another, believed to be from Lithuania, succumbed outside the Four Courts. The Peter McVerry Trust homeless charity said it was deeply saddened after two deaths in as many days this week. It added: "Unfortunately, there have been an unprecedented number of deaths involving people sleeping rough since late August."

Source: Irish Independent November 29, 2017 12:45 UTC