Tag: homelessness
Galway rents soar above Celtic Tiger high
The cost of rental accommodation has now increased in Galway for every one of the last eleven quarters – pushing prices 45% higher than...
No room for hundreds at domestic abuse refuge
A domestic abuse refuge was unable to accommodate 441 children and 258 women last year due to the lack of space.
The 2017 annual report...
Homeless statistics ‘just the tip of the iceberg’
The numbers of homeless people living in emergency accommodation in the West of Ireland was set to surpass 500 for the first time ever ...
Shame of Galway City Council’s boarded-up houses
Galway City Tribune - It’s a tale of two cities . . . hundreds of homeless people are housed in emergency accommodation at a...
More than a dozen people living in tents in Eyre Square
Galway City Tribune - More than a dozen homeless people are living in tents and in sleeping bags under trees in Kennedy Park in...
Galway’s homeless stats are ‘just the tip of the iceberg’
Official Government figures for homelessness have come under fire from local charity COPE Galway, which has branded them “inaccurate” as they fail to include...