The number of homeless adults in Cork rose by 24% in the past year, the biggest year-on-year increase in the last five years.

A €50m funding allocation nationally will be used to acquire approximately 135 homes. However, figures show Cork received far less funding than many other Irish cities.

According to the most recent figures, the number of people living in emergency accommodation in Cork has increased by 20% in the last 12 months.

New report highlights how the ever-increasing number of children in homelessness is damaging childhoods across the country.

According to the Government’s latest homelessness figures, as of the last week of July, there are 663 adults living in emergency accommodation in Cork.

Focus Ireland trek to cover 120km along the Camino Portuguese Coastal route.

There were 101 families, with 209 children, in emergency accommodation in the South West, made up of Cork and Kerry, in June, latest Government data has shown.

In 2025 so far, there have been 149 families with 292 children placed in emergency accommodation in total.

“That sense that you’re doing something makes it feel worthwhile to come up here and do it every week.” 

The figures also reveal that there are 94 families in emergency accommodation in Cork and Kerry, including 155 adults and 193 children.

Both St Vincent de Paul (SVP) and Cork Simon say people who have never had to avail of their services before are now coming to them for help.

'As a man you feel like a failure': Cork man speaks frankly about sleeping rough in the city and the daily struggles faced by those living without a roof over their heads.  

The Local Authority Homeless Performance Report for the third quarter of 2024 shows 585 adults in total were in emergency accommodation in the south-west region on the last day of September, and there were 161 people sleeping rough.

Cork Simon chief executive Dermot Kavanagh told The Echo that the past year has been the most challenging the charity has ever experienced.

The Focus Ireland annual report revealed the charity supported 200 Cork families last year. 

A report published by Focus Ireland shows that nationally the number of adult-only households in emergency accommodation has more than tripled in less than 10 years, going from 1,962 in June 2014 to 6,000 in October 2023

According to the Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage monthly homelessness report, for November 2023, which was published on January 5, there were 545 adults accessing emergency accommodation in Cork City and county councils from November 20 to November 26.

According to the most recent figures published by the Department of Housing, child homelessness has surpassed the 4,000 mark for the first time, reaching 4,105

20 cents from every copy of The Echo sold today will go towards a very deserving cause, in the shape of the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP).

The charity says increasing numbers of veterans are struggling with housing and mental health challenges.

With figures showing that four new people sleeping rough on the streets of Cork every single week, Donal O’Keeffe took an early morning walk around the city centre to see for himself the shocking reality of homelessness in our city in the 21st century

Cork Simon campaigns and communications manager Paul Sheehan said that rent coupled with high living costs have locked many people out of society

The study confirmed that 7% of homeless deaths occurred in Cork in 2019

The protest took place before tonight's meeting of Cork City Council, and occurred in the wake of the Government’s controversial decision to allow the eviction ban to lapse at the end of March

City Hall director of services Niall Ó Donnabháin told the council that it is committed to delivering on an almost 4,000-unit target up to 2026

Martin Leahy (47) has protested outside Leinster House every Thursday since May of last year, travelling up from his home in Bandon, and he says that even if President Biden’s visit means he can’t get onto Kildare Street this week, he’ll get as close as he can.

Outside the new Easons on Patrick Street, some 20 housing activists gathered for a peaceful demonstration against the Government’s lifting of the temporary ban on evictions at the end of the month.

Organisers say no intention to disrupt the parade, the protest is to be entirely peaceful.

The eviction ban is due to expire at the end of the month

A new record high of 11,632 people are homeless, according to the latest official figures released on Friday – including 8,190 adults and 3,442 children

One councillor said she is getting calls “every single day” from people in private rented accommodation with nowhere to go

The latest Locked Out Report by the Simon Communities of Ireland shows there were just 41 properties available across the country for people on HAP, almost all under the discretionary version of the payment

The campaign was launched at the Cameo Cinema in the Montenotte Hotel

The housing and homeless charity’s Annual Impact Report for 2021 reveals that 69 people, the highest number yet, were helped into homes of their own last year

A volunteer helping Cork’s homeless community speaks to John Bohane about the work of the Street Café group, which serves hot food and drinks on a Thursday night in the city centre

Cork Simon’s outreach team patrols the city five mornings a week, meeting Cork’s rough sleepers and helping where they can. Donal O’Keeffe recently accompanied them on their rounds

A total of 356 people were put up in private emergency accommodation and a further 202 were in supported temporary accommodation in June

Gary O’Brien has been homeless in Cork for 15 years

66 homeless people in the South West were aged between 18-24

A 10-YEAR-OLD boy experiencing homelessness in Cork has said children like himself feel they have been let down by the Government.

A total of 413 people were reported homeless in Cork city and county during the week of July 19 to July 25, according to the latest figures from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

CORK saw a marginal decrease in the number of people accessing emergency accommodation during the month of June.

CORK has seen a slight increase in the number of people accessing emergency accommodation, reporting the highest number outside of Dublin, with a total of 395 in both city and county.

A CORK TD has voiced concern over rising homeless figures and has criticised the "lack of integrated wraparound services" available to individuals.

It's been just over a year since a general election that was run on the twin issues of housing and homelessness. In that year, an unprecedented global pandemic has utterly changed Irish life. With millions of people confined to their homes, those without homes are dying in unprecedented numbers. Michail, Gary and Iggy are among those who died on Ireland’s streets since the beginning of Covid-19. These are their stories.

A new book ‘Homeless Moments’ which is a collection of works telling a story of homelessness, has been launched in Cork. The publication is a joint initiative of Cork City Libraries and Focus Ireland as part of World Book Fest in 2020.

CORK musicians Richard T. Cooke and MuddyLee have come together to create a Christmas song in a bid to raise awareness about homelessness across Irish cities. The emotive song, written and composed by historian Richard T.

GOOD Shepherd Cork are appealing for donations this Christmas to make the festive period memorable for families who are homeless across Cork.

A new hostel for homeless defence forces veterans is to be established in Cobh with another facility being considered for the city.

East Cork soup and broth company, Cully & Sully are urging customers to turn their used soup tubs into a piggy bank for Focus Ireland and have pledged to match the nation’s donations, up to €10,000.