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# hostel - Sunday 1 July, 2018
Homeless man who stabbed hostel resident in face with butter knife gets suspended sentence
A probation report confirmed the man had been making progress and not reoffended.
# hostel - Sunday 18 February, 2018
'We've had up to five doses given before someone comes around': How an anti-overdose drug is saving lives
Naloxone was rolled out across Depaul services in 2016.
# hostel - Monday 18 December, 2017
Former Georgian hotel in Dublin's city centre opens as hostel after years of objections
The development in Dublin 2 was held up for years due to a series of objections.
# hostel - Monday 11 September, 2017
'It's why homeless people won't stay in these places' - Woman assaulted by fellow resident at Dublin hostel
The Irish woman had moved to Dublin from the midlands less than three months ago.
# hostel - Monday 24 July, 2017
Cockroaches, mould and chronic drug abuse in front of children - life in homeless accommodation
New documents detail the issues facing people living in homeless emergency accommodation.
# hostel - Sunday 7 May, 2017
Hostelworld founder Ray Nolan: 'This is my first real job in six or seven years'
The Irish entrepreneur and investor is adjusting back into CEO life at XSellco.
# hostel - Friday 28 April, 2017
€40 million luxury hotel gets green light on site of iconic Stephen's Green building
The new hotel is to be built on the site of a former ‘young ladies’ hostel.
# hostel - Wednesday 11 January, 2017
'We are going to defy this court order': Apollo House occupiers say they're not going anywhere
They had been ordered to leave the building by 12 noon today.
# hostel - Wednesday 21 December, 2016
Challenges and unexpected questions: On the door at Apollo House
The project is bedding down and expanding its capacity. The matter will be back before the High Court today.
# hostel - Friday 9 December, 2016
'A chance to come off the streets': Two new homeless hostels open in Dublin
The Peter McVerry Trust will run a 70-bed unit on Ellis Quay, while Depaul Ireland will operate a 75-bed hostel on Little Britain Street.
# hostel - Monday 4 July, 2016
Gardaí arrive as residents protest closure of homeless hostel
John’s Lane hostel is scheduled to be redeveloped into more long term accommodation.
# hostel - Thursday 23 June, 2016
This 100-bed homeless hostel in Dublin is going to remain open
Brú Aimsir on Dublin’s Thomas Street was opened in October 2015 but was slated to be closed.
# hostel - Tuesday 24 May, 2016
Homeless children staying in adult hostels to 'avoid risk of sleeping rough'
Eight families have been using adult services to house their children in Dublin during May.
# hostel - Wednesday 11 May, 2016
Why is Dublin City Council closing a 100 bed homeless hostel? It's complicated
16 people staged a protest at the Brú Aimsir on Thomas Street overnight. Here’s why…
# hostel - Tuesday 10 May, 2016
Former residents occupy homeless hostel in protest over its closure
Gardaí are currently inside the hostel speaking with the protesters – who say that they plan to occupy the building overnight.
# hostel - Thursday 3 September, 2015
Peter McVerry says hostels are such a disgrace he's been advising people to sleep rough
He said he believes the government is looking for a cheap way out of the homeless crisis.
# hostel - Friday 3 October, 2014
'Trapped' in emergency accommodation: the downside of homeless hostels
People often become institutionalised in emergency accommodation and find it hard to transition to independent living.
# hostel - Wednesday 30 July, 2014
This epic war of words between a hostel owner and guest is going viral
Get out the popcorn.
# hostel - Saturday 19 April, 2014
Rough sleeper numbers up as Dublin's inner city hits 'crisis point'
The council’s homeless executive admitted it’s spending more than it would like placing families in hotels because of the demand on services but said that’s better than leaving them on the streets.
# hostel - Wednesday 26 March, 2014
This €1.86m hostel/restaurant/micro-brewery could be sitting in Galway Harbour by next spring...
Heritage vessel the Naomh Éanna was used as an Aran Islands ferry from the 1950s. She was due to be destroyed next month, but a plan’s been put together to save her….
# hostel - Monday 17 February, 2014
Ireland's housing crisis: Four women's stories of facing eviction and homelessness
Their stories have been highlighted in a video released by a People Before Profit candidate in Meath.
# hostel - Monday 26 August, 2013
Lack of information on asylum-seeker deaths 'shambolic'
The agency responsible for providing direct provision accommodation does not have access to death certificates on any of the 53 people who died in the last ten years, according to Minister Alan Shatter.
# hostel - Tuesday 9 July, 2013
Ombudsman: Our treatment of asylum seekers is unacceptable
Over a third of people in Direct Provision refuges have been there for more than five years.
# hostel - Saturday 1 June, 2013
Women continue sleep-in protest at Bray Town Council over homelessness
Bray Town Council says the two mothers, who are currently homeless along with their children and are demanding that their housing situation be addressed, “have not been locked into the council offices” and are free to leave at any stage.
# hostel - Friday 31 May, 2013
Two women ‘locked in’ at Bray Town Council offices after protesting their homelessness
Two homeless mothers and a Sinn Féin Councillor have been locked into Bray Town Council offices for the long weekend, after the women refused to leave until they were given safe accommodation for their families.
# hostel - Sunday 14 November, 2010
Seven dead in Dijon hostel fire
A fire in an immigrant hostel in France forced firefighters to evacuate more than 130 people in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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