A Dublin councillor says she will vote against plans to house 400 homeless families in temporary housing on the north side of the city.

The O'Devaney Gardens apartment complex in Dublin city is to be redeveloped to house the families.

Priority will be given to people who are currently being housed in hotel accommodation.

Dublin City Council will present its plans to councillors at a meeting on Monday.

Boarded up flats in O'Devaney Gardens were largely demolished in preparation for regeneration more than six years ago.

The regeneration programme, costing some €4.7m, will see more than 60 units refurbished.

Janice Boylan is a local Sinn Féin councillor and grew up in the area.

She says she will be voting against the latest plans, because it is a temporary solution to a permanent problem.

"I'll vote against it because it's not fair - it's a clear injustice for homeless families to be put into a temporary housing solution" she said.

"We need permanent homes built - good quality, affordable homes".

"Homeless families deserve that too, they don't deserve to be put into more temporary measures" she added.

There are now 100,000 families on the Local Authority waiting lists, while rents are increasing in Dublin at an average rate of nearly 10%.

And more than 800 children were living in emergency accommodation in Dublin in February - a 40% increase on last June's figures.

Ms Boylan says there are concerns about how this new plan for O'Devaney Gardens might become long-term.