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A number of families have protested outside a hotel in north Dublin, as they object to being moved from there.
The Travelodge Hotel in Ballymun has been providing emergency accommodation to homeless people for over three years.
However the Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE) intends to cease use of the hotel as emergency accommodation from June 15th.
Residents there claim this will cause huge upheaval for them and their children.
They also claim some people were told by Dublin City Council they would need to move within a few days - a claim the council denies.
Reporter Josh Crosbie has been speaking with the families there
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The Peter McVerry Trust says 240 people who are homeless have been put in up in hotels since the beginning of the pandemic
The Peter McVerry charity has said plans are in place to ensure alternative accommodation can be found for homeless people who are currently staying in hotels once they revert back for tourists.
The charity says 240 people who are homeless have been put in up in hotels since the beginning of the pandemic.
Gary Buckley has been staying at a hotel in Dublin since last June. When I got here, I felt a lot better. My mental health started to get better as well, he said.
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Opposition parties have called for independent inspectors to investigate private emergency accommodation.A report found that more than a third of privately operated emergency housing in Dublin has