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Calling all Waterford hikers! Hike your way to the top of Lugnaquilla in aid of Peter McVerry Trust

The annual Lugnaquilla Climb 2022 in aid of Peter McVerry Trust is back for the first time since 2019 and will take place on Saturday June 11, 2022. Peter McVerry Trust, the housing and homeless charity, provides housing and supports to young people ...

31 May 2022 at 16:18

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Attach conditions if scrapping developer levies, new homeless charity chief says

The incoming CEO of a housing and homeless charity has said a plan to drop developer levies needs conditions to be attached to ensure the measure does not drive up prices. The Cabinet is expected to consider plans on Tuesday morning to scrap ...

24 Apr 2023 at 17:39

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Housing charity did not fail in its duty over man’s death, chief executive says

A housing charity did not fall down in its duty in relation to the killing of a man in a flat it managed, the charity’s chief executive has said. Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien also said that there were “learnings for all of us” in such ...

08 Nov 2022 at 17:11

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Anonymous donor leaves €1.5 million in their will for housing charities

Two housing charities have been left €1.5 milion between them which will help build houses for more than 100 people. It has been announced that the Peter McVerry Trust and Threshold will jointly receive €1.5 million. The anonymous gift ...

28 Mar 2022 at 11:28

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Up to 30,000 may be affected by termination notices as Threshold issues advice

As many as 30,000 people could be affected by thousands of notices of termination issued to tenants at the end of last year, according to housing charity Threshold. The charity is also reminded tenants to be aware of their rights ...

04 Apr 2023 at 15:22

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Ireland’s housing crisis ‘one of the longest and most severe’ - campaigners say

Ireland’s ongoing housing crisis is the one of the “longest and most severe” the country has seen, a housing campaigner said. Macdara Doyle claimed the housing policies brought in by successive governments have failed to tackle ...

31 May 2022 at 14:21

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Homelessness rises to ‘shocking’ record high of almost 11,000

Almost 11,000 people have been recorded as homeless in Ireland, the highest figure ever recorded, new figures show. A total of 10,975 people accessed emergency accommodation in September, a 1.6% increase on previous month, ...

28 Oct 2022 at 18:03

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Government approves €15 m emergency funding for housing charity

The Government is to provide €15 million funding to the Peter McVerry Trust after the housing charity found itself in significant financial difficulties. The funding, which was secured by housing minister Darragh O’Brien ...

28 Nov 2023 at 18:47

‘No apology was sought’ from campaigner over evictions comment – Varadkar

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Homelessness campaigner apologises to Taoiseach over evictions comment

The Taoiseach has said that an apology was not sought from a homelessness campaigner who claimed that the housing minister had been overruled on wanting to extend the eviction ban. Peter McVerry apologised to Leo ...

05 Apr 2023 at 19:55

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Housing charity’s chief executive quits amid cashflow pressures

The chief executive of the Peter McVerry Trust has resigned as the housing charity grapples with cashflow issues. Francis Doherty has been the chief executive of the charity since June this year, taking over ...

11 Oct 2023 at 17:52

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‘Indefensible’ that housing charity spent funds on enclosure for two peacocks

A homeless charity spent funds to build an enclosure for two peacocks at one of its properties in Co Kildare, an Irish parliamentary committee has heard. The Public Accounts committee was told by former ...

20 Nov 2025 at 17:13

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€40m in donations to McVerry Trust were diverted to cover debts and expenses, Prime Time reveals

Internal documents obtained by RTÉ Prime Time reporters from inside one of Ireland's largest housing and homelessness charities, the Peter McVerry Trust, have shown significant breaches of trust ...

06 Jun 2024 at 12:55

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