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Spring rough sleeping count postponed due to Covid-19

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The annual spring count of people sleeping rough in the Dublin area has been postponed because of the Covid-19 outbreak. The Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE) organises a spring count in March and a winter count in November each year carried out by 100 volunteers.

In a statement a spokesperson for the DRHE said this year's count has been deferred but added; "we are consistently monitoring the number of people sleeping rough in Dublin Region via our Outreach teams who report numbers on a weekly basis." The statement added that the focus is at the moment is to ensure people sleeping rough are aware of the risk of Covid-19, know the precautions that they can take and to support them accessing services and emergency accommodation.

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