More than 1,000 additional beds have been created for emergency accommodation in Dublin during the Covid-19 crisis according to a city council report.
Theses include 400 bedrooms in eight hotels which are being used for cocooning of vulnerable homeless people since the collapse of tourist bookings.
A report sent to city councillors by Brenda Kenny, Deputy Chief Executive of Dublin City Council, and Eileen Gleeson director of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive says they hope to secure another 100 self-contained apartments for families.
The report states that the council has already secured 165 apartments - on top of the 400 hotel rooms - which is believed to involve vacant Airbnb properties.