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