Four Homeless People Have Died Across Ireland This Week
A homeless man in his 20's has died while staying in emergency accommodation in Dublin.
His death on Tuesday night in Kilmainham brings to four the number of homeless people who've passed away in Ireland within one week.
Last Wednesday a Tallaght woman in her 20's took her own life while staying in accommodation in Leixlip, while two rough sleepers died in Cork and Dublin
30 year old Jenny Dennehy from Blackrock who had recently become homeless, had been sleeping in a tent in Gillabbey Park before her death.
It comes ahead of tomorrow's emergency summit convened by the Housing Minister.
Niamh Randall of The Simon Communities says the government needs to spend one billion euro on social housing:
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