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Ryan Smith

World’s Big Sleep Out event held at Stormont

Crowds gathered at Stormont on Saturday night for the World's Big Sleep Out Belfast event.

Around 60,000 people took part world wide across 50 locations.

At Stormont, bands Fallen Lights, Runabay, Ragair and VINCI played on the night while Ian McElhinney prerecorded the bed time story.

The cross border homeless charity DePaul was the beneficiary charity for the events in Trinity and Stormont.

David Carroll, Chief Executive of Depaul said: "Unfortunately, the number of individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Northern Ireland remains extremely high.

"We need to keep the issue of homelessness very much in the public's mind."

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