At least 171 people were without a bed on the night of April 24th - with 102 of these sleeping rough, and the remainder in the homeless Night Café.

Focus Ireland says that compares to 152 at the time of the last rough sleeper count in November.

The Dublin Region Homeless Executive says 3,777 adults used emergency accommodation in the first quarter of this year - one in five of whom were newly homeless.

Focus Ireland CEO Ashley Balbirnie says it's worrying that the problem isn't being tackled properly;