We are all aware of the homeless crisis in Ireland, yet it can still be shocking to see some of the realities that people face while living on the streets.
Tonight’s RTÉ Investigates will follow the lives of rough sleepers and homeless hostel users, giving viewers an insight into the challenges and difficulties they try to live with.
In the first 11 months of 2020, 56 homeless people died on the streets. This investigation will look into the role of emergency hostels as a response to the problem – revealing how some can’t get into the hostels while others believe the streets are safer.
According to the Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien, nobody living on the streets should be denied a hostel bed, as he said on Morning Ireland in December,
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