Dozens of people have taken part in a vigil outside Leinster House this evening - in memory of a homeless man who was found dead metres from the entrance to government buildings.

The body of 43-year-old Jonathan Corrie was located yesterday morning just metres away from the Dáil on Molesworth Street.

This evening, the man's friends and campaigners working with homeless people held a minute silence, after a candle lit vigil.

Bouquets of flowers and candles have also been left at the doorway where his body was discovered.

These people who took part in the vigil say Jonathan Corrie's death should never have been allowed to happen:

Meanwhile, the Minister for the Environment says he'll challenge the Archbishop of Dublin over the delays in opening a housing unit in central Dublin.

Alan Kelly says he's frustrated that Fr Scully House - which has just been refurbished - has not yet been opened for tenants.

99 apartments at the building are yet to be filled because their owner, the Catholic Housing Aid Society, wants to charge a market rate for the units.

Minister Kelly says he will raise the issue when he meets the Archbishop at a forum on homelessness this week:

“Maybe I should have been more vocal on this earlier, but this can’t go on. We have a situation where there’s 99 units that are not in play. This isn’t in my control, as you can appreciate. This is a private organisation.

“I will be asking Diarmuid Martin in relation to it, but I understand he made comments previous to this that he doesn’t have any role in it. I’ll tease that out,” Mr Kelly said.