'Incredibly positive' almost 100 people have been supported by Depaul charity in Carlow

It has been deemed “incredibly positive” that almost 100 people in Carlow were supported by the homeless charity ‘Depaul.’

The latest Impact Report, titled ‘Frontline prevention – shaping the present, looking to the future,’ was a comprehensive look into the charities services in 2025.

It highlighted how DePaul supported 77 people in exiting homelessness last year.

The charity’s Director of Services and Development Dermot Murphy said this was a key statistic.

“It’s an Incredibly positive stat to have in that area,” he told KCLR.

“We work very closely with Carlow’s local authority and they’re very, very supportive in helping us to ensure that people who are coming into homelessness are getting those opportunities to get out of homelessness,” Dermot added.

The charity’s local services supported 182 people out of homelessness last year, with 113 of those being adults with 69 children between them.

Seven families were also supported.

99 service users is Carlow reported significant mental health support needs.

There were 15 incidents in which a person contacted Depaul with suicidal ideation.

Nine times the charity’s local teams responded to people who had been self harming.

Seven overdoses were recorded and staff administered Naloxone to save a life.

In total, Depaul supported 8,204 service users, 2,574 of which were children, across both the Republic and Northern Ireland.

That’s including individuals and families living in Direct Provision who we support through the Cosán Nua service and who are not included in the government’s homelessness figures.

1,456 families seeking our help, which is a 28% increase in just twelve months.

75,254 keyworking sessions were undertaken in 2025, which marked a 50% increase on 2024.

2,875 of those sessions were delivered by frontline staff in Carlow to manage mental health, substance use and housing stability.

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