Homelessness

Gardiner Street image from Wikipedia

Government Trying to Normalise Homelessness - Richard Boyd Barrett

Richard Boyd Barrett condemns Government for trying to normalise homelessness as figures reach record high. Repeats call for immediate eviction ban. - Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin says 10% of people in emergency accommodation live on Gardiner Street surrounded by vacant and derelict properties.

27 Feb 2026

Clip of poster saying: Dáil Gates Kildare Street Wednesday 5:30pm RESIST THE RENT HIKE BILL

Richard Boyd Barrett Slams Government for ‘Ramming Through’ Residential Tenancies Bill

Bill will enable widespread rent increases, drive more into homelessness. Emergency protest at 5.30pm today, Wednesday, at Leinster House on Kildare Street.

11 Feb 2026

Image of children and parents in emergency accommodation with smiling Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris superimposed.

5,000 children spent Christmas in emergency accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett: it’s Government’s ‘eternal shame’ that more than 5,000 children were in emergency accommodation. Warns Residential Tenancies Bill will ‘turbo charge’ rent increases. Calls for meaningful rent controls and ‘transformational’ state construction company to end housing crisis.

30 Jan 2026

Workmen installing barricades around the International Protection office in Dublin.

New International Protection Legislation In Breach Of Human Rights

Paul Murphy: Government is "legislating for the detention of children"; Coalition on EU Migration Pact: "This legislation will be a stain on Ireland’s international reputation, and it undermines the very core of what being Irish means".

29 Jan 2026

Cllrs Conor Reddy; Hazel De Nortúin; city council image; Green's Janet Horner defending the rent hikes; headline saying 'Inflation wipes out income gains for the typical household.'

Labour and Greens Choose FF/FG’s Rent Hike Over a Fair, Workable Alternative

PBP Responds to Council Vote: "...if you want to defend tenants in this city, you cannot rely on Labour or the Greens. People Before Profit will continue doing that work. We encourage people to join CATU and get organised ahead of the rent hike in April 2026."

25 Nov 2025

Cllr.s Conor Reddy and Hazel De Nortúin of People Before Profit in front of Council Housing in Dolphin's Barn Dublin.

People Before Profit Councillors To Vote Against Dublin City Council’s Budget Over Planned Rent Hikes

Will join tenants’ protest at City Hall on 24 November

21 Nov 2025

Richard Boyd Barrett superimposed over a government photo op at a new building site in Waterford.

'New' Housing Plan, Old Policy. Radical Housing Reset Needed Now

Richard Boyd Barrett: Government Relying on Same Old Failed Policies to Tackle Housing Crisis; 'This strategy has only led to spiralling homelessness, evictions, rent increases and ever increasing social housing waiting lists. It has never delivered the affordability that is needed.'

14 Nov 2025

Tenant In Situ Scheme Ends Meaning Eviction and Homelessness, Cllr Adrienne Wallace

Tenant In Situ Scheme Ends Meaning Eviction and Homelessness, Cllr Adrienne Wallace

People Before Profit Councillor Adrienne Wallace condemns end of tenant-in-situ scheme in Carlow. Says this comes when there are 131 people in some form of emergency accommodation in Carlow.

31 Jul 2025

People Before Profit Oppose Property Tax Hike

People Before Profit Oppose Property Tax Hike

Propose Maximum Reduction Instead - Cllr Conor Reddy and Hazel De Nortúin

18 Jul 2025