Barnardos is warning Government that homeless children can’t develop appropriately without a home of their own.
It’s asking the Department of Housing to take immediate action to support more than 4 thousand kids without a home in Ireland.
1 in 5 families in emergency accommodation have been living in unstable conditions for more than 2 years according to the latest figures.
Barnardos CEO Suzanne Connolly says those children are not getting the opportunity to live their full lives: