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HERE IS THEJOURNAL.IE’s comprehensive guide to what’s happening in the political world this morning.
Everyone’s talking about
A homeless man dying in a doorway on Molesworth Street, just metres from Leinster House.
Simon Coveney said the fact that a homeless man died on the street close to the Dáil is unacceptable. The Agriculture and Defence Minister told Morning Ireland it was shocking “that somebody would die on our streets outside parliament”.
He said the Government is “trying” to respond to the homelessness crisis but “there are no simple quick-fix solutions that can be implemented overnight”.
Coveney added that more emergency beds need to be provided quickly to help people in the event of “a deep cold snap”.
The main problem here is the lack of houses, we’ve effectively had no houses built over the last five or six years in Ireland – that needs to dramatically change.
Last week, the Government announced its social housing plan which aims to supply 35,000 additional houses at a cost of €3.8 billion over the next 6 years.
At a meeting of Dublin City Council last night, members backed a motion calling on Chief Executive Owen Keegan to identify unused Council property in the city centre area to be converted into temporary shelters.
The agenda
What the others are saying
In case you missed it
It was a great goal, in fairness.
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