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Galway East Sinn Féin’s Louis O’Hara has said an emergency response is needed to address rising levels of homelessness.

Mayo Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway-Walsh has said that the number of eviction notices served from July to September 2022 underlined the need for the government to reverse its decision to end the eviction ban.

Galway Simon Community has revealed that a significant number of people sought their support during the pandemic in 2020 and warned of the challenges that lie ahead in the coming year.

Under pressure landlords in Galway whose properties are being repossessed by the banks are being forced to evict tenants, as banks are insisting on vacant possession for sales to go ahead. This is according to Tuam based councillor Sean Canney who says he knows of five or six incidences of this occurring in his local area.

A group of anti-eviction campaigners who were formerly part of Land League West say they now plan to open a drop-in centre in Castlebar to help families facing the loss of their homes.

Friday March 13 1846 turned out to be a very unlucky day for the 447 tenants on the Gerrard estate in the townland of Ballinlass, near Mount Bellew Co Galway. Shortly after dawn the sheriff, accompanied by a large force of the 49th Regiment under the command of Captain Browne, and an equally large detachment of police, arrived at ‘the place marked out for destruction.’ Despite the vehement protestations of the people, and their insistence that they had their rent money ready for payment, and that their repeated efforts to pay their rent was refused, the soldiers and police began systematically to demolish their homes, 67 in number. *

Many people in rented accommodation in Galway face eviction as landlords refuse to reduce the rent to the new lower thresholds introduced by the Government in the Budget.

Landlord’ is a word with grim associations in Ireland and both the native Irish and British politicians in the 19th century viewed them as a major problem.

A Mullingar mother is to be evicted from her home in Dalton Park after Westmeath County Council succeeded in getting a court order against her.

After four visits to the District Court, three to the High Court, and with legal bills approaching €75,000, Athlone Town Council will find out next Friday (October 15) in the Supreme Court whether its eviction of Christine Quinn (36), formerly of 27, Brawney Square, Athlone for anti-social behaviour, will be ultimately upheld.