21 homeless people who had been staying at Apollo House in Dublin have agreed to move to alternative accommodation.

The Peter McVerry Trust says it has assessed 30 residents – eight of whom have already vacated the building.

The Trust visited the Nama building yesterday – in the hope of offering its occupants new housing to last past January 11th when the building must be vacated.

CEO of the trust is Pat Doyle: “By two o’clock we have assessed 30 individuals with a varient level of needs and 21 of which have agreed to move into more long-term suitable, quality accomodation run by organisations around the city in which they will be key work done to move them beyond homelessness.”