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# Recruitment Drive

Gardaí to recruit 800 new officers with €60 million funding increase

Funding of €95 million will be made available for overtime pay.

15.6k

Oct 9th 2018, 5:55 PM

# on the streets

Homeless organisation came across three overdoses on Dublin streets last night

Activists fear there may be a bad batch of drugs on the streets right now.

18.9k

Sep 17th 2017, 4:16 PM

# on the streets

What's being done to help people sleeping rough cope with this freezing cold weather?

The cold weather is an inconvenience for the majority, but for the homeless people living on the streets, it’s much more serious than that.

9.2k

Jan 13th 2017, 6:20 AM

# post-match meal

These Westmeath GAA players fed the homeless on Grafton Street last night

And in Mullingar too.

2.7k

Dec 13th 2016, 10:12 AM

# Protest

Second night of protests in US cities against Trump victory

Protests took place in New York, Chicago, Denver, Dallas, Oakland and elsewhere.

13.1k

Nov 11th 2016, 7:11 AM

# a lot more to do

ASTI is "a long way away" from temporarily suspending teachers strike

Today marked the first day of strike action for teachers across the country, with over 500 schools closed.

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Oct 27th 2016, 8:00 PM

# on the streets

Enda Kenny says there's no reason why anyone should be sleeping rough this Christmas

Today is one year Jonathan Corrie died near Leinster House.

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Dec 1st 2015, 5:15 PM

# budget 2016

What do people in Dublin think of Budget 2016?

We got reaction on the streets.

21.2k

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Oct 14th 2015, 10:30 AM

# Dawson Lane

Homeless man found dead off Dublin's Dawson Street named

Dublin Simon has warned that more homeless people could die as winter sets in.

25.7k

Sep 27th 2015, 2:21 PM

# on the streets

Charity warns more homeless people could die as winter sets in

Dublin Simon says the number of rough sleepers is the highest it has ever been.

12.9k

Sep 26th 2015, 4:10 PM

# Amsterdam

BBC quiz show star claims that he may have killed a homeless man

The gameshow regular has made the admission in a new autobiography.

52.8k

Sep 7th 2015, 2:45 PM

# on the streets

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.

17.7k

Sep 3rd 2015, 6:28 PM

# cycle of fear

'Hugely worrying' upsurge in violence among Dublin rough-sleepers

A number of attacks on charity workers have made the headlines in recent weeks. A leading campaigner says it’s ‘very tense’.

18.6k

May 16th 2015, 9:45 AM

# on the streets

'Rats skittering across sodden blankets, beds of needles': Enda on meeting Dublin's homeless

The Taoiseach has told the Dáil about his experience of meeting homeless people last week.

6.8k

Dec 10th 2014, 12:44 PM

# on the streets

"Alarming": 358% increase in rough sleeping over two years in Cork

Cork Simon says immediate action is needed to deal with the issue.

6.4k

Nov 27th 2014, 4:45 PM

# on the streets

Charity says 100 children became homeless in Dublin last month

Over 400 families have lost their homes in the county in the first ten months of this year.

9.4k

Nov 15th 2014, 11:10 AM

# on the streets

There has been a 94% drop in child begging cases being reported in Dublin since 1999

The ISPCC want you to report to it if you see a child begging.

6.8k

Aug 16th 2014, 9:45 AM

# Riots

As Kiev barricades burn, the EU mulls sanctions against Ukraine

At the Winter Olympics in Sochi, shocked Ukrainian athletes were stopped from wearing black armbands to mourn the dead.

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Feb 19th 2014, 5:47 PM