The state paid private landlords over €626m under two social housing schemes last year.
It's €47m more than in 2020.
The ESRI shows over half of renting households received support for their housing costs in 2020.
This amounts to almost 294,000 people.
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The Policing Authority and the Garda Commissioner will discuss the widespread cancellation of 999 calls this afternoon.
Tens of thousands of emergency calls didn't get a proper policing response in 2019 and 2020, and the watchdog ordered an independent investigation.
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Leaving cert students are unlikely to know the date their results will be issued before they start their exams on June 8th.
They may be delayed beyond the usual mid-August date because of a second sitting of exams in July for those affected by covid, serious illness or bereavement, while a Government pledge that this years grades won't be any lower than last years will also cause a delay.
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The US President says he is "sick and tired" of failures to address gun violence following another school shooting.
19 children and two teachers were killed when an 18-year-old opened fire in a classroom.
At a media conference held by authorities yesterday, Texas governor Greg Abbott was accused of not doing enough to tackle gun crime.
