Shock has been expressed over the doubling of the number of homeless people in Clare.
Clare County Council’s housing committee has heard that there has been a rise of 60 in the number of homeless people in the county in the past 12 months.
Last year, 59 people were placed in emergency accomodation such as B&Bs or hotels, sometimes for several months.
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Dermot Hayes, who’s a member of the council’s housing committee, says the rising figures are unbelievable:
