Taoiseach Micheál Martin at St Teresa’s Gardens in Dublin for the launch of a new housing plan titled Delivering Homes, Building Communities. Photo: Sam Boal/Collins PhotosA new €100 million capital fund to buy second-hand homes to lift children out of homelessness will likely have to be repeated for each of the next five years, under a landmark Government housing plan. According to the most recent figures, there were 5,238 homeless children in Ireland at the end of September. You have families in there with one child, you have families in there with six children. Under the new plan, it will no longer set itself annual housing targets for each of the next five years.

Source: The Irish Times November 13, 2025 23:51 UTC