Galway Bay fm newsroom - Galway's homeless figure has reached an all-time high.
229 people were recorded as being homeless across the city and county during the last week of January - and increase of over 20% on the same period last year.
The latest figures from the Department of Housing reveal that there are currently over 9,000 homeless people in Ireland.
Almost 4,000 are Dublin-based, with the majority of affected people aged between 25 and 44.
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City Councillor Mairead Farrell says Minister Murphy needs to accept that what the government is doing is not working.
