18 babies were born into families working with the homeless charity DePaul last year.
The charity says the crisis is the worst itÂ’s ever seen, and says a excruciating lack of social housing is making progress impossible.
Meanwhile an inner city school in Dublin is working hard to keep its homeless pupils busy.
Juliette Gash reports;
As the political parties hold their think ins, remember the homeless. Charities fighting to stand still pic.twitter.com/uqlfkpEsS9
— Juliette Gash (@JulietteGash) September 5, 2017