I wish they’d also attached semi homeless numbers / number of over 18s living at home to these headlines.
Homeless figure are bad but these are people with their entire support network gone. ie given a couch by friend/relative. The number of people that cant find a place for their ‘needs’ (young rent / family to buy etc), now that would be astronomically high. I feel to people in power 17’000 still seems low when you look at statistics all day (which to be clear, i dont endorse) , maybe a number in the 100’000 would shock them more
Wonderful-Drop6208 on
I’d say it was a grim Christmas for alot of these kids
Guingaf on
“FFG +2”
VastJuice2949 on
Absolutely hate this country at times
Pab_Zz on
50% of which are non-nationals. They’ll keep going up if we keep importing people who can’t provide for themselves or their families.
HotelWhich6373 on
Time to bring in more doctors and engineers (Deliveroo)
UISystemError on
The government (Jokes. They lack the required self-awareness).
mybighairyarse on
€111 billion in tax take last year lads.
ChaosActual on
That doesn’t include actual homeless people…
Our social welfare system is far too generous
Most of those on the list are waiting for the Irish government to give them a forever home at the expense of someone who goes out and works for it
Ashamed_Counter8408 on
Those of you who continue to vote FFG, this is on you. Nice one 👍🏻
cedardesk on
When FG came into power in 2011 there were 300 homeless children in the state. Today, 15 years of them being in govt, that number is 5,321, a mere 1,671% increase.
Their core voters don’t care.
Soul_of_Miyazaki on
This is who the majority of Ireland voted for, remember that.
weveyline on
Excellent job by the government, fully qualified to do what they are doing… either they are really incompetent or doing this by design
Icy_Zucchini_1138 on
Has homelessness increased since the 1980s?
Icy_Zucchini_1138 on
Homelessness is generally an indicator of how wealthy a place is.
The US states with the lowest rates of homelessness are the poorest.
bubbleweed on
I think have a solution, let’s dismally miss housing construction targets for another decade?
feedthebear on
It wasn’t that long ago when 10,000 was a scandal.
PoppedCork on
Will only keep increasing, unfortunately.
ClancyCandy on
It’s horrific to hear of children being homeless obviously; But we need to acknowledge that some of those children were born into homelessness.
I have no idea how we can combat that, but people with no stable accommodation having children cannot be ignored.
Spare-Chef9555 on
The government should be responsible to train new apprentices by running full time college trade courses like in the UK. It shouldn’t be put on to the tradesmen who are already screwed by the main builders and tax man. I currently employ 3 apprentices and pay them more than double the starting rate through solas. I dont make anything from the apprentices I do it because they’re good young lads trying their best. Their should be some incentive for both employer and apprentices but there’s nothing.
GarlicGlobal2311 on
Its a disgrace that the country brings in refugees and leave these people to rot on the street.
I want a government of the people, by the people for the people. Not a governement of dickheads who’ll sacrifice everything we are to make some money.
Please, people of Ireland. Stop voting for these fools.
Griss27 on
I remember when this number first hitting 10,000 cost Eoghan Murphy his job and ultimately his career (he was FG housing minister at the time).
6 years later, here we are. No progress, all worse, all normalized.
IrishGallowglass on
Notice what Harris just did here: blamed migrants for homelessness. Then watch the comments in this thread immediately pivot to “capacity constraints” and apprentice wages.
Both discussions conveniently ignore:
**What actually happened:**
* Government cut €22 million from tenant-in-situ homeless prevention scheme
* That scheme prevented 350 households from becoming homeless in 2024
* Now those local authority programs have run out of money
* Predictably, homelessness spiked
**What nobody’s discussing:**
* 102,444 vacant/derelict properties sitting empty
* I-RES REIT hoarding 3,688 properties worth €1.38 billion while demanding rent cap “reform”
* €361 million spent on emergency accommodation vs €15.6 million on prevention
* Government missing social housing targets by 2,000-10,000 homes every single year
**50% of homeless are Irish citizens. This is a consequence of policy choice, not a migration crisis.**
Yes, we need more trades and better apprentice wages. But when you cut a program that successfully prevents homelessness while spending 23x more managing the crisis you created, and you’re sitting on 100,000+ vacant properties – that’s serving landlords and investment funds over workers, not “capacity constraints,”.
The capacity constraint argument is real but it’s being used as a smokescreen to avoid discussing why we’re protecting property speculators instead of housing people.
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I wish they’d also attached semi homeless numbers / number of over 18s living at home to these headlines.
Homeless figure are bad but these are people with their entire support network gone. ie given a couch by friend/relative. The number of people that cant find a place for their ‘needs’ (young rent / family to buy etc), now that would be astronomically high. I feel to people in power 17’000 still seems low when you look at statistics all day (which to be clear, i dont endorse) , maybe a number in the 100’000 would shock them more
I’d say it was a grim Christmas for alot of these kids
“FFG +2”
Absolutely hate this country at times
50% of which are non-nationals. They’ll keep going up if we keep importing people who can’t provide for themselves or their families.
Time to bring in more doctors and engineers (Deliveroo)
The government (Jokes. They lack the required self-awareness).
€111 billion in tax take last year lads.
That doesn’t include actual homeless people…
Our social welfare system is far too generous
Most of those on the list are waiting for the Irish government to give them a forever home at the expense of someone who goes out and works for it
Those of you who continue to vote FFG, this is on you. Nice one 👍🏻
When FG came into power in 2011 there were 300 homeless children in the state. Today, 15 years of them being in govt, that number is 5,321, a mere 1,671% increase.
Their core voters don’t care.
This is who the majority of Ireland voted for, remember that.
Excellent job by the government, fully qualified to do what they are doing… either they are really incompetent or doing this by design
Has homelessness increased since the 1980s?
Homelessness is generally an indicator of how wealthy a place is.
The US states with the lowest rates of homelessness are the poorest.
I think have a solution, let’s dismally miss housing construction targets for another decade?
It wasn’t that long ago when 10,000 was a scandal.
Will only keep increasing, unfortunately.
It’s horrific to hear of children being homeless obviously; But we need to acknowledge that some of those children were born into homelessness.
I have no idea how we can combat that, but people with no stable accommodation having children cannot be ignored.
The government should be responsible to train new apprentices by running full time college trade courses like in the UK. It shouldn’t be put on to the tradesmen who are already screwed by the main builders and tax man. I currently employ 3 apprentices and pay them more than double the starting rate through solas. I dont make anything from the apprentices I do it because they’re good young lads trying their best. Their should be some incentive for both employer and apprentices but there’s nothing.
Its a disgrace that the country brings in refugees and leave these people to rot on the street.
I want a government of the people, by the people for the people. Not a governement of dickheads who’ll sacrifice everything we are to make some money.
Please, people of Ireland. Stop voting for these fools.
I remember when this number first hitting 10,000 cost Eoghan Murphy his job and ultimately his career (he was FG housing minister at the time).
6 years later, here we are. No progress, all worse, all normalized.
Notice what Harris just did here: blamed migrants for homelessness. Then watch the comments in this thread immediately pivot to “capacity constraints” and apprentice wages.
Both discussions conveniently ignore:
**What actually happened:**
* Government cut €22 million from tenant-in-situ homeless prevention scheme
* That scheme prevented 350 households from becoming homeless in 2024
* Now those local authority programs have run out of money
* Predictably, homelessness spiked
**What nobody’s discussing:**
* 102,444 vacant/derelict properties sitting empty
* I-RES REIT hoarding 3,688 properties worth €1.38 billion while demanding rent cap “reform”
* €361 million spent on emergency accommodation vs €15.6 million on prevention
* Government missing social housing targets by 2,000-10,000 homes every single year
**50% of homeless are Irish citizens. This is a consequence of policy choice, not a migration crisis.**
Yes, we need more trades and better apprentice wages. But when you cut a program that successfully prevents homelessness while spending 23x more managing the crisis you created, and you’re sitting on 100,000+ vacant properties – that’s serving landlords and investment funds over workers, not “capacity constraints,”.
The capacity constraint argument is real but it’s being used as a smokescreen to avoid discussing why we’re protecting property speculators instead of housing people.