Extra beds available for homeless during cold snap
Updated / Tuesday, 9 Feb 2021
20:32
Dublin Correspondent
Forty-five contingency beds for the homeless have been activated in Dublin as part of the response to current cold snap.
The Extreme Weather Initiative Protocol was initiated by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE) at the weekend and allows for up to 100 extra beds spaces - some of them camp beds - to be used for rough sleepers.
This is on top of the 340 extra beds - 300 permanent and 40 temporary - announced as part of the Cold Weather strategy last November.
A spokesperson for the DRHE said that all beds are now given on a rolling 24-hour basis, which means