The number of people homeless in Ireland has reached a new record high.
The latest figures published by the Department of Housing for March show 11,998 people are homeless across the country.
It includes 8,526 adults, 3,472 children, and a total of 1,639 families.
The majority of homeless adults are in Dublin at 8,516 people, with 517 homeless in Cork.
Year on year there has been a 22 percent increase in those presenting as homeless, while there has been a 32 percent rise in families presenting as homeless.
15 families accessed emergency accommodation in the North West during the last week of March, with a total of 40 dependent children.
111 adults accessed emergency accommodation in the North West between March 20th and 26th, 53 of them in Donegal Leitrim and 58 in Sligo.
