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Cowen calls for action on vacant properties to fight homelessness

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing and TD for Offaly/North Tipperary, Barry Cowen, has said the Government needs to prioritise the refurbishment of vacant units to boost the supply of available accommodation to help tackle the homeless crisis. ...

20 Feb 2017 at 10:08

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Cowen slams government over homelessness record

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing, Planning and Local Government and Offaly TD Barry Cowen says the latest homeless figures are a damning indictment of Fine Gael’s record on housing. New figures released by the Department of Housing show ...

01 Mar 2018 at 10:44

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€500,000 set aside by the HSE in the Midlands for care needs of the homeless

€527,685 is provided by the HSE to support the health needs of homeless persons in the four counties of the Midlands - Offaly, Laois, Longford and Westmeath, it has been revealed. The figure came to light when a motion, put forward by ...

23 Feb 2017 at 15:08

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Cowen: Homeless deaths show extent of crisis

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing, Barry Cowen TD has said that the crisis in homelessness has gone beyond party politics and has become a fundamental issue for Irish society. "Last week, a young mother of two died tragically in ...

04 Sept 2017 at 10:57

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Father of homeless man who died in Offaly speaks to the Offaly Express

As the Offaly Express reported, Conor O'Hagan was just 25-years-old when he died last week in Tullamore, and now his father, Kieran O'Hagan, has spoken to us to share his son's story. Conor had been seen in Tullamore in the last ...

28 Feb 2017 at 13:33

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94 people were homeless in the midlands on Census night

The latest results released from the 2016 Census have revealed that 94 people were recorded as homeless on Census night in 2016. The report shows that, on the night of April 24, 2016, 6,906 persons were either sleeping rough or ...

11 Aug 2017 at 12:20

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Tullamore memorial service planned for tragic homeless man

A memorial service has been planned for Tullamore in memory of the man who has died and had been homeless in the town for a number of months. Conor O'Hagan (25) died this week after he was "hospitalised in recent months due to ...

22 Feb 2017 at 10:30

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Emergency food appeal issued in Offaly

Ken Smollen from the Ken Smollen Food Appeal has issued an urgent appeal for food within the county. "Due to a huge increase in the amount of people in Offaly contacting me to say that they and their families are in need of ...

21 Feb 2017 at 10:28

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UPDATED: Homeless man dies in Tullamore

It has emerged this evening that a homeless man who had been basing himself in Tullamore has died. Ken Smollen, who is involved with the homeless through his 'Ken Smollen Food Appeal,' has reported the news on his Facebook ...

20 Feb 2017 at 21:35

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Cowen: Government are trying to 'normalise' homelessness

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing Barry Cowen TD has criticised the Government for its handling of the homeless crisis and has called on Minister Eoghan Murphy to distance himself from comments made by the outgoing head ...

03 Jan 2018 at 11:01

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Government's funding to tackle homelessness in Midlands 'pathetic' - Local TD

After receiving a parliamentary question response from the Minister for Housing, Brian Stanley described figures showing the Midlands received only 1.3% of the total State funding for homelessness as pathetic. “The ...

01 Jun 2018 at 11:29

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'Inhumane' - Council hears 15 families are in emergency accommodation in Offaly

Offaly County Council has been informed that 15 families are living in emergency accommodation in the county. The housing section of the council delivered a presentation on the figures to the September meeting of ...

18 Sept 2018 at 11:40

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