The dynamics of long-term homelessness among women in Ireland.

The Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE) has commissioned this research paper in order to provide a context for the DRHE’s publication Mapping Homeless Services for Women in Dublin, which provides results of a survey of women’s services conducted in 2013. The survey was undertaken to fulfil a commitment in the 2012 Business Plan to review service provision to women in the Dublin Region. However, in order to provide an insight into the real-lived experiences of some of the women who have accessed emergency accommodation services over many years, the production of a supportive research paper which examined homeless women’s interactions with services was proposed.