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‘Significant spike’ in homeless deaths in Dublin

The figure to date in 2020 represents a rise from 34 across 2019 and 35 in 2018.

CONCERN HAS BEEN expressed over a “significant spike” in deaths among the homeless in Dublin.

The Dublin Regional Homeless Executive has recorded 39 to date in 2020.

That figure is higher than the number of deaths in the whole of 2019 (34) and 2018 (35).

The figures follow the “unprecedented” death of five homeless people Dublin in one week in late July. 

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has urged the Government to act.

“The figure to date in 2020 stands at 39, higher than previous years, this is especially shocking given that the year isn’t near over yet,” he said.

“Another deeply worrying trend is the significant spike in deaths recorded in July and August.

“Between January and June of this year there were an average of three or four homeless deaths per month, but in July 10 people died, and a further eight people in August.”

Tóibín said there are heartbreaking stories of many young people behind the numbers.

He said the Government “must step up to the plate”.

“I can see no concrete action from the Government in response to these skyrocketing statistics,” he said.

In July 2020, 8,728 individuals were in emergency accommodation, a small increase since June that had marked the fifth month in a row that numbers using this service has fallen. Within this cohort were 6,077 adults and 2,651 children, including 1,142 families.

According to the Department of Housing, 1,467 adults and their dependents exited homelessness in April, May and June during the height of the Covid-19 outbreak during which time a moratorium on evictions and rent freezes were introduced.

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- With reporting from Adam Daly 

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    Mute Rebekah Corbett
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    Aug 14th 2013, 6:39 PM

    Suffering from that bug since early this morning and only now feel like I’m really not going to die. Feel very sorry for anyone already feeling poorly in hospital who gets it

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    Mute Warren Collier
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    Aug 14th 2013, 7:01 PM

    Get well soon. Nothing as worse!

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    Mute P O Leary
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    Aug 14th 2013, 7:09 PM

    I had it before once and wouldn’t wish it on anybody.
    I didnt know if I had to sit on the toilet or kneel at it.lost allmost a stone in a week. Couldnt even keep grapes down.
    Get well soon.

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    Aug 14th 2013, 7:45 PM

    I got it while 7 months pregnant, not nice at all. Wonder why it’s causing such problems this time of year

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    Mute Right Wing Steve ©
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    Aug 14th 2013, 5:36 PM

    That’s just good advice for anything run by the HSE.

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    Mute Michele N. Moreira
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    Aug 14th 2013, 5:56 PM

    my friend’s mother makes $83/hour on the computer. She has been without a job for 5 months but last month her check was $21383 just working on the computer for a few hours. Read more on this web site… w­w­w.C­a­n9­9.c­o­m

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    Aug 14th 2013, 6:09 PM

    Well Kenny might walk in???

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    Aug 14th 2013, 8:24 PM

    As a rule, I never complain about people red thumbing comments, but if everyone who red thumbed comments like Michele’s clicked ‘Report this comment’ instead, spam would be a lot less prevalent on The Journal comment threads.

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    Mute Fagan fagan
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    Aug 14th 2013, 5:58 PM

    What about hospital staff
    Are they somehow immune ?

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    Aug 14th 2013, 5:34 PM

    First it was Egypt now Mayo, thats the weekend messed up.

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    Aug 14th 2013, 6:03 PM

    They’ll have to call it the all-year-round vomiting bug now.
    That said I feel sorry for people who have it and those people who can’t make hopital visits or those who can’t receive them.

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    Aug 14th 2013, 7:47 PM

    Stay away from mayo full stop !!

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    Aug 14th 2013, 7:03 PM

    First warned away from Egypt now Mayo …… damit holiday plans ruined

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    Aug 14th 2013, 5:19 PM

    In summer? Global warming huh?

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    Mute Niall Donnelly
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    Aug 14th 2013, 9:34 PM

    The general should be stay away from Mayo. You might catch something off Enda and end up talking through your ar$e!!! It’s called FG syndrome!!!

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    Aug 15th 2013, 12:37 AM

    Why is it just hospitals that get the winter vomiting bug,i have never ever met anyone that caught this bug at home,and im nearly70.

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    Mute Joe Harbison
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    Aug 15th 2013, 7:11 AM

    Schools, hospitals, hostels, aircraft. Anywhere that groups of people spend time together.
    About 2 days to incubate, 2 days symptomatic, 2 days to clear the virus. Unfortunately people feel so wretched with it thy attend hospital, particularly if they vomit a little blood. The bug is spread by hand mouth and by aerosol and is horribly infectious. Hospital outbreaks make the news, but schools etc are fairly regularly closed by it.

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    Mute Barry McSweeney
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    Aug 14th 2013, 9:35 PM

    Someone should tell the HSE!

    “A Contingency Management group are now requesting that self-referral patients in the border areas of West Sligo and East Mayo – who would normally attend the Emergency Department Sligo -could consider attending Mayo General Hospital.”

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