The government is again being urged to do more to combat the homelessness crisis.
The latest figures recorded a decrease of 200 people living in emergency accommodation in December, to over 16 thousand 700 - which charities say is a seasonal drop over Christmas.
It's an increase of more than 18 hundred people on December 2024.
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Aontú leader and Meath-West TD Peadar Tóibín says solutions are staring the government in the face:
