STORM TRACKER: Follow 'Storm Amy' as it bears down on Ireland amid brutal forecast
Search
05 Sept 2025
Search
05 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
28 individuals were recorded as homeless in Laois last month.
There were 28 people recorded as homeless in Laois in April, according to the latest figures from the Department of Housing.
The number of people availing of emergency accommodation from the local authority during the week of April 22 to 28 remains unchanged compared to March figures.
Across the midlands there were 34 families in local authority emergency accommodation. This included 41 adults and 46 children.
There were 148 adults availing of emergency accommodation across the midlands during the week recorded in April. The majority were aged between 25 to 44 (71). There were 51 people aged between 45 and 64 and there were three people aged over 65 homeless in the region.
Nationally the number of homeless people in emergency accommodation has reached a record high of 14,000, including over 4,000 children.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
