Almost 100 People Homeless In The Midlands

Nationally 8,728 people are accessing emergency accommodation in July.

There's been an increase in the number of people accessing emergency accommodation.

Nationally there are 8,728 on the list -  6,077 adults and 2651 children. 

There are 95 adults homeless in the midlands.

Westmeath has 39 people without a home, Offaly's total stands at 28, with 23 in Laois and 5 in Longford. 

There are 44 children homeless in the region.

Sam McGuinness from Dublin Simon Community says the numbers had been going down for several months:

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