54.3 % of the homeless population identified in the 2016 Census are women and children. 24.5% of these are children under the age of 14.

Reading the report below we were shocked to discover that the number of women and children now outweighs the male homeless population.

http://www.cso.ie/…/releasesandpubl…/ep/p-cp5hpi/cp5hpi/hpi/