Dublin Simon Responds to the Spring 2023 Rough Sleeper Count

Dublin Simon Community CEO Catherine Kenny responds to the Spring 2023 Rough Sleeping Count released by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive on Monday the 17th. “We welcome today’s publication of the Spring 2023 Rough Sleeping Count by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive. The report found 83 people to be sleeping rough in Dublin. “While the reduction is positive, […]

Dublin Simon Celebrates World Health Day

To celebrate World Health Day we collected a series of stories and updates from our frontline staff working each day to protect the welfare of clients. These stories showcase just how proactive our staff members are in meeting the specific needs of our clients and why they deserve to be celebrated not just on World […]

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Eviction Ban – Advice for Tenants at Risk

General Advice As the eviction ban is lifted we offer advice and information to anyone affected or at risk. Dublin, 31st March 2023: If you are facing homelessness at the present time, we advise you to check with your local authority to ensure that you are on the Housing List. If, for any reason, you find […]

Health Research Boards report on the number of deaths of those experiencing homelessness in Ireland

The Health Research Board has released a report on the number of deaths of people experiencing homelessness in Ireland in 2019. Dublin Simon Community CEO Catherine Kenny responds to the report: “Nobody should die in homelessness, and Dublin Simon will continue to respond proactively to the needs of the vulnerable homeless population.  “For more than […]

Dublin Simon Community Responds to March 2023 Homeless Report

Dublin Simon CEO Catherine Kenny responds to the February Homeless Report released on Friday the 28th of April. Homeless Report  “The number of people staying in emergency accommodation in Dublin was up significantly in March, in a continuation of the trend seen over the past 15 months and representing an 25% increase on March 2022.  […]

Dublin Simon Community Responds to February 2023 Homeless Report

Dublin Simon CEO Catherine Kenny responds to the February Homeless Report released on Friday the 31st of March. Talk of housing targets is meaningless to those individuals with no forwarding address. There is nowhere for them to go, and they need homes now. It is due to successive systemic failures in the delivery of housing […]

Dublin Simon Community Responds to December 2022 Homeless Report

The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage released the Homeless Report for December 2022 earlier today. Dublin Simon Community CEO, Catherine Kenny responds to the December report: “We are deeply frustrated by the increase in the number of people in Dublin emergency accommodation recorded in the December 2022 Homeless Report. This is highly unusual […]

Dublin Simon Community Responds to November 2022 Homeless Report

The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage released the Homeless Report for November 2022 earlier today. Dublin Simon Community CEO, Catherine Kenny, has made the following statement in response to the report Homeless Report November 2022 Statement  We are dismayed by the increase in the number of people presenting to emergency accommodation services in […]

Dublin Simon Community Responds to October 2022 Homeless Report

The Homeless Report for October 2022 was released today by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Dublin Simon Community CEO, Catherine Kenny, has made the following statement regarding this report. “We are devastated to learn of the continued increase in the number of people presenting to Dublin emergency accommodation services. For the sixth […]

Dublin Simon Community Responds to January 2023 Homeless Report

The Homeless Report for January 2023 has been released today by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Dublin Simon CEO, Catherine Kenny responds with the following statement. January 2023 Homeless Figures Statement  We are deeply worried by the increase in the number of homeless people staying in emergency accommodation in Dublin. This first […]