Overcrowding Is Emerging As The Hidden Side Of The Homeless Crisis In Cork
Many families across the city are living in homes that are overcrowded due to lack of alternative accommodation
RedFM News has learned that many families across the city are living in homes that are overcrowded due to lack of alternative accommodation, including a family of 13 in a three bedroom house on the Northside.
Concerns are now being expressed for people in this situation who are not accounted for in homeless figures but could be on the verge of homelessness.
Our senior reporter Fiona O'Donovan has more for RedFM News:
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