Galway Bay FM Newsroom - 263 people are now listed as homeless in Galway according to the latest figures from the Department of Housing.
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It comes as the national figure has reached a record high - which the Housing Minister has described as "disappointing".
The stats show 8,742 adults and 3,699 children were in emergency accommodation during May.
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Despite the increase, Darragh O' Brien has defended the Government's approach to the crisis.
He says opposition parties were way off the mark in their predictions of a tsunami of homelessness:
