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HOMELESS charities have been given a much-needed boost for Christmas thanks to a book of thought-provoking reflections written during lockdown by former Methodist president Rev Jim Rea.

IT'S been almost three weeks since the rough sleepers of Belfast and Derry were brought in from the streets and provided with a safe haven to protect them from Covid-19.

CHILDREN living in a quiet cul de sac have to be taken to school by taxi amid "worsening" anti-social behaviour linked to a nearby homeless hostel, including hard drugs being injected in broad daylight on the street.

"HELLO!" A friendly voice calls out a greeting from a doorway along the corridor in a building of social housing flats in the Markets area of Belfast city centre.

HOMELESSNESS has become a major problem in Ireland over the past decade.

A MOTHER-of-two has spoken of her horror after she discovered a stranger with a "contagious disease" having an early morning bath in her home.

IT has been a year to remember for everybody associated with Ballyhegan Davitt’s – and the Armagh club has rounded off an impressive 2017 by launching a scheme to provide gifts for homeless people at Christmas.

BELFAST singer Brian Kennedy and platinum-selling singer-songwriter Fr Liam Lawton will be topping the bill at a special concert next week alongside singing legal eagles The Pro Bono Choir.

SOME poor soul is going to come to a bad end in mysterious circumstances at Belfast Castle tomorrow night – but don't call the PSNI just yet; the killing in question is for a perfectly good cause.

THE debate around giving money to the homeless has seen a charity billboard being defaced in west Belfast.