Tag: Homelessness
Council urged to purchase houses that are up for sale as...
A Laois County Councillor has pleaded with the Council to buy up homes that are for sale in the county in a bid to...
Laois businessman supports homeless charity with vital PPE during Covid-19
Portarlington based business owner Barry Lambkin has been providing homeless charity Depaul with vital PPE equipment as the charity continues to protect the most...
In Pictures: Laois secondary school students present 200 care packages to...
200 care packages have been handed over to a homeless charity thanks to the kindness of some secondary school students in Laois.
The lads in...
Boost for homelessness in Midlands as charity purchases accommodation
Two leading agencies have announced a joint initiative which will see Clonamore House Hotel in Tullamore developed as an enhanced center for the provision...
Housing tops the Laois priority list for 2020
With just over €78 million at its disposal Laois County Council has set out its stall and agreed on its spending priorities for next...
Homeless Laois children forced to commute to school from Offaly
Homeless Laois children are being forced to commute to school from County Offaly as there is no emergency accommodation to house them closer to...
Laois TD labels Government Homeless Funding in the Midlands as ‘pathetic’
Laois Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley has labelled the funding provided by the Government to battle homelessness as pathetic.
He made the comment after receiving...
Fr Paddy: Homelessness is never normal
Another Homeless man living in a tent died in Ranelagh, this week. Citizens deprived of shelter and heat grow daily.
On these desperately cold winter...
Laois Hurlers holding solidarity sleep-out in aid of homelessness
Members of the Laois senior hurlers are taking part in a solidarity sleep-out to raise awareness for the homelessness and housing crisis in Ireland.
The...
Fr Paddy: Government homelessness plan doomed to fail
Housing is perhaps the greatest challenge this government faces. The chronic lack of social housing coupled with rising house prices intensifies the issue of...
Five people became homeless in Laois in one day
Five people became homeless in Laois in just one day, underlining the housing crisis engulfing Laois.
Cllr Aidan Mullins said it was a “particularly bad...