Homelessness

Critical... Martin O'Connor of Cope Galway

Budget breaks do little for Galway people living on the margins

COPE Galway

Government urged to fast-track housing hubs for older people in Galway

Homeless services face added pressure as 172 Galway tenancies ends

Galway City sees surge in home seekers as numbers rise

A total of 30 homeless families in the west have lived in emergency accommodation for more than two years

Rise in number of homeless families in emergency accommodation

Galway city council

Galway's big hotel and B&Bs bill for homeless accommodation

The CATU walking tour will highlight the 'Airbnb black spot areas' around Galway City

New Galway walking tour to highlight city's 'worst black spots'

Big rise in homelessness in the West

A decade of despair: Homelessness in Galway has spiralled since 2016

‘A crying shame’: Galway Councillors raise alarm over homelessness

Aran unveils €1.6 million upgraded visitor centre at Dún Aonghasa

GAA Club set to raffle new home in heart of Galway

Holly Cairns, leader of the Social Democrats was in Galway on Tuesday to canvas support for Míde Nic Fhionnlaoich (left), the Social Democrats' candidate in the Galway West Bye-Election on May 22.

Holly Cairns lashes Government as price of Galway homes up €33,000

Housing Minister James Browne

Galway children and pensioners among West of Ireland's 468 homeless

Last chance to take a giant step for Galway Simon

Galway residents are still stuck in limbo over eviction

Treat the vulnerable with dignity – not pity

Official homeless stats in West represent the tip of the iceberg
The latest figures on homelessness in the West revealed that 640 people were living in emergency accommodation across Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. And while this represents an increase on the December figure, Galway’s leading homelessness charity claimed that the headline number tells only a fraction of the story.
Dave O'Connell

Simon report finds pensioners retiring into homelessness

More pensioners left with nowhere to go

Shock rise in number of elderly homeless

Homeless figures still on the up

Housing crisis sees Simon spending rise 67% in five years

Homeless figures rising faster in West

Galway Simon reflects on impact of 'a year like no other'

Pandemic stress leads to increase in homelessness

Galway homeless crisis faces into perfect storm

NUIG buildings idle in a homeless crisis is wrong

Homeless living at the doorsteps of Galway's County Hall Stephen Corrigan

Galway Simon sees biggest demand in its 40-year history

Galway City Council's €2m homeless units are leaking

Rental crisis forces student to sleep on office floor

Homeless ‘hubs’ will finally open to families in March

Four-fold increase in homeless children

Well-known Galwayman becomes charity ambassador

A homeless man sleeping in the city centre this week.

Galway City Council boosts spend on homelessness

Homeless ‘hubs’ set to get first tenants in January

West sees fastest rise in homeless families

Five-fold increase in emergency accommodation cases

A homeless man sleeping in the city centre this week.

Galway TD: 'Worst housing crisis for 40 years'

A type of modular home which the City Council is expected to consider for the Westside.

Council to build 15 modular units for homeless families

Galway’s homeless levels double in a year

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Record number of people in emergency accommodation in Galway

A photograph of the new fencing at County Hall, submitted by a reader

No room at County Hall inn for homeless or Councillors!

Galway rents soar above Celtic Tiger high

No room for hundreds at domestic abuse refuge

Sleeping rough on Lombard Street in the Galway City.

Homeless statistics 'just the tip of the iceberg'

Boarded-up houses at Sliabh Bán in Ballybane.

Shame of Galway City Council's boarded-up houses

Two of the homeless people at their tent in Kennedy Park, Eyre Square this week.

More than a dozen people living in tents in Eyre Square

Homeless people on the grounds of St Nicholas' Collegiate Church in Galway.

Galway's homeless stats are 'just the tip of the iceberg'

Call to CPO ‘empty nests’ to help house Galway homeless

Homeless people on the grounds of St Nicholas' Collegiate Church in Galway.

Homeless numbers in Galway at a new high, say charities

Councillor claims homeless figures skewedby inclusion of Travellers

Sleeping rough on Lombard Street in the Galway City.

West records fastest increase in homeless

Deputy Anne Rabbitte

Homeless students forced to sleep in Eyre Square

Conference....Senator Colette Kelleher, UN Special Rapporteur for Adequate Housing, Leilani Farha and Karen Golden from Galway Simon.

Simon says everyone should have a home by right

Homeless charity wants crackdown on Airbnb

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Man forced to sleep in his car

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