Peter McVerry

Homelessness charity chief executive stated board had made his position ‘untenable’

Fears that the Dublin charity could collapse follows more than a decade of rapid expansion responding to homelessness crisis

Inspectors were appointed to charity over financial concerns this week, after trust disclosed cash flow problems

Housing body regulator orders statutory investigation of homeless charity over finance concerns

Ban would ‘stop an already bad situation getting worse,’ says Richard Boyd Barrett

Many buildings in the city that could provide housing and bring areas to life are instead going to waste

‘Critical understanding of the root causes’ of crime in communities needed

Housing charity told Dublin Region Homeless Executive about its financial difficulties in accordance with its obligations

The Clerys Quarter should help regenerate Dublin's main street. The building of MetroLink could have the opposite effect

‘Mountjoy and volunteering saved my life,’ says Louth man David Heeney, who has turned his life around

Incoming chief says focus will remain on building housing stock and argues provision of social housing cannot not be left to State alone

Homelessness campaigner withdrew suggestion on Wednesday that Darragh O’Brien was ‘overridden’ by Taoiseach

Homeless campaigner has apologised for saying Varadkar overruled Minister for Housing on extending moratorium

The intervention has set the Coalition firmly against the word of a priest who has been one of the most respected voices on housing and homelessness for a generation

Homelessness campaigner Fr Peter McVerry says there is a ‘tsunami of misery coming down the road’

Fr Peter McVerry again insists Varadkar overruled O’Brien on extension of evictions ban

Homelessness campaigner Fr Peter McVerry says it is his understanding Darragh O’Brien wanted to extend ban

Elias Adane (33) came to Ireland as an unaccompanied minor in the early 2000s

More than 400 tenants who received eviction notices contacted housing charity Threshold this month

International members of Ireland’s food world are among the contrubutors to a recipe book in aid of the Peter McVerry Trust

Photographer Ross O’Callagahan has captured an array of Patricks, Paddys and Pats in their natural habitats

Government moves to abruptly close €1.25bn programme after surge of applicants from China

Anxiety in Government as all but 41 of 1,316 applications last year came from people in China amid geopolitical tumult

Pat Doyle, who was CEO for 18 years, says it was a ‘tremendous honour’ to work with Peter McVerry

Fr Peter McVerry does not believe protests outside refugee or asylum seeker centres are representative of the Ballymun community

New data shows a 26.8% rise in number of homeless people over 12-month period

Peter McVerry Trust to provide 20 permanent social homes in 100-year-old complex

Fishamble Street site previously designated for ‘mom and pop developer’ scheme

Over 250 students, teachers and past pupils will raise funds for Focus Ireland, Peter McVerry Trust and Home Again

Most of those encountered – 87 of 91 – had previously been assessed by the DRHE for homeless services

`Should be illegal for anybody to offer an Airbnb if it doesn’t conform to the regulations’

Rachel (9) travels from Gardiner Street in Dublin to her school near her former home in Tallaght

Charity gave 1,200 homeless people a key to their own door last year

New temporary moratorium on evictions to last until March 31st

Dublin event highlights potential of repurposing old buildings to provide housing

Those aged 65 and over are best sheltered from cost-of-living crisis in which two in five could not pay unexpected bill of €1,000

Homeless services are concerned Dublin death could damage trust in the long-established process for moving homeless people into stable accommodation

Dublin Region Homeless Executive to carry out review into death in flat managed by Peter McVerry Trust

Output increased 14% year on year, ‘signalling return to pre-Covid levels’

Fr Peter McVerry sustained minor injuries leading to bruising in his face, says charity