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Wicklow Homeless Numbers Increase As Nationwide Figure Reaches Record High

The number of people recorded as homeless in Ireland has reached a record high, for the sixth consecutive month.

51 people in Wicklow are among 11,632 nationwide that are living in emergency accommodation.

This figure includes 3,442 children.

It’s the first time that the figures have went up every month in a calendar year.

Over 8,300 people are homeless in Dublin, including more than 2,500 children.

The figures from the Department of Housing don't include refugees, asylum seekers, women in refuge centres, or rough sleepers.
 




 

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