The project was put on a fast track, side-stepping some of the usual governmental procurement procedures, because of the urgency of the situation. The number of homeless families in Dublin has been increasing recently. As MHProNews reported June 17, 2015, the number of Dubliners living in (often) one room hotel accommodations increased from 156 families with 341 children in Sept. 2014 to 442 families with 970 children, a 183 percent increase in nine months.
This first set of modular homes, to be sited in Poppintree at Balymun, has been names Baile na Laochra (Town of the Heroes) and will all be two-story three bedroom units. ##
(Photo credit: irishtimes/Nick Bradshaw–Irish modular)
