MORE than 60 children across Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo are currently homeless and face Christmas in emergency accommodation.
The figures were revealed by Focus Ireland as the charity renewed its Christmas Appeal following the publication of the most recent Department of Housing Homelessness Report.
The report also shows that 177 adults are currently living in emergency accommodation in the North West region, while 35 families face Christmas without a home.
A record number of 5,274 children are now homeless across Ireland.
Acclaimed Irish actor, writer and social justice advocate, Emmet Kirwan, has lent his voice to Focus Ireland’s Christmas Appeal and ‘No Child Without A Home’ campaign. He said it is “a collective failure of policy and the political system” that thousands of children across Ireland will spend Christmas without a place to call home.
So far this year, the charity has supported 87 families in the North West and helped 190 families, with 419 children, out of homelessness across Ireland, in partnership with its supporters and the State.
To donate or to find out more about Focus Ireland’s Christmas Appeal and No Child Without a Home campaign please visit www.focusireland.ie.