There's been a 35 per cent increase in the number of homeless people in Dublin in the last year.

New figures from the Dublin Region Homeless Executive show there were 5,146 adults and children in emergency accommodation last month.

67 families became newly homeless in the capital in October. The total number of adults and children in homeless families is now five times what it was two years ago.

1,026 homeless families now live in hotels and homeless accommodation, thats a a 45% increase on last year. The number of children has more than doubled from 916 to 2,110 in Dublin.

Here's Mike Allen of Focus Ireland