
204 adults and 95 children were homeless in May, a drop of 5 per cent on the previous month.
Homelessness is down by five per cent in the midlands.
The news comes after the Department of Housing released its homeless report for the month of May.
It's the second consecutive month the number of people accessing emergency accommodation has gone down.
204 adults, along with 95 children are reported to have been homeless last month.
There were 80 homeless adults in Westmeath, 63 in Offaly, 42 in Laois, and 19 in Longford.
Nationally, there were 10,903 adults, and 4,844 children accessing emergency accommodation.
68 per cent of those adults were in private emergency accommodation which includes hotels, B&Bs and other residential facilities.
30 per cent were in supported temporary accommodation, including family hubs, and hostels with onsite professional support.
The remaining 1 per cent were in Temporary Emergency Accommodation with no support.