Record homeless Figures yet again , now at 13,500.

Many of these people have been evicted from more permanent accommodation due to anti social behaviour, drugs etc etc.

Or maybe just an acknowledgement that not everything we do in our lives is subsequently the fault or responsibility of the state?

Has anyone actually considered that 13.5k people in state provided accommodation out of a population of 5 million is not really a crisis and is in reality a first world problem?

The problem is much much worse than the official figures betray

Also we want homelessness, as folk don't want more housing in their area as it will affect the value of their asset/house, and use the planning system/politicians to safeguard their wealth.

No, it is clear now this is deliberate.

All western countries that embraced free market neo liberalism has been destroyed by it. Neo Liberalism simply has no place for the working class.

Whats happened is you cannot be "normal" anymore. Now you need to be at the very top, the rich tech developer, the business owner etc or else you are poor. I would guarantee all of these homeless children went into homelessness after some sort of eviction from the private market. In the past homeless people where either those leaving the care system or prison system or else addicts, they are now the victims of landlords, as in the 1800s.

You cant work an average or low paid job and have a comfortable existence in Dublin anymore. Now those not in the richest 1/3rd of earners are forced into an insecure rental market through either HAP or paying full wack. In the past they would have either been able to own or had a council home.

And then we have hundreds of thousands forced to live at home as they cant afford to move out. Or those forced to live in house shares as adults. Both situations are unbearable for those dealing with it. Hundreds upon thousands of people whose lives are destroyed because of a government and societal failure to provide dignified housing to its working class

A lot to be said for a return to the old Ireland, where one could work in. a factory, a shop or as a clerical officer and have a dignified home. Now the working class lives with no sense of dignity thanks to our governments policy of multinationals over the working class. Not only does Leo and co need to be voted out, they should be in prision for what they have done to our own people and my generation in particular. No government has ever been so cruel to working people, its STEM or bust for Ireland. Normal people need not apply, if your a worker on less than 50k you are not wanted.

500 ukranians per week still arriving! So no wonder homelessness getting worse, rental and purchase prices totally insane and made much higher by our open door policy and rip off hotel rates too...

You must own a house, so this Ireland is a paradise. I live in the renters hell

Not many. Drink and drug problems have always existed but the homelessness levels is a product of the last decade. Most are people who got evicted by landlords and cannot get another place within HAP limits, or those with family break ups, domestic abuse, had to leave family homes due to over crowding. In the 80s we had a massive heroin problem and a massive unemployment problem. What we didnt have was homeless children

This is down to a neo liberal housing system going back 30 years, and a lack of social housing as a result. We put the working classes into the unstable private rental market and thats created a constant supply of homeless people

Whatever about Gaza, Ukraine is a huge country, large swathes of it never saw a missile. But if Ireland has an open invite on the mat, hell yes loads of Ukrainians will come to a well off EU country. Why wouldn't they?

Whom will you vote for, out of interest?

And what do you think that party will do differently?

So we keep telling ourselves in a land of hospital waiting lists, trolleys, small businesses hitting the wall, people just scraping a living etc etc.

I would imagine it would be very hard to even get a minimum wage job when you are homeless, it seems you want to blame the homelessnesss on unemployment while ignoring a whole pile of children over the last few decades have been reared in far less than ideal circumstances which directly impacts their chance in life.

They were unemployed before they were made homeless.

And getting employment is not a priority for them. They live chaotic lives, fueled by alcohol and drugs.

Often the oldest child is already living with someone else, the Granny or an Auntie.