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Tue 06 Jun 2007Cork homeless charity had to turn 300 awayCork Simon Community maximised all their resources to support more than 1,300 people last year but the shelter was still forced to turn away 300 people because of a shortage of facilities, the charity's annual report revealed yesterday.The group's director, Colette Kelleher, described 2006 as "possibly the community's most challenging year yet". Last year Cork Simon provided more people than ever before with emergency accommodation - almost 500 people, a 17 per cent increase on 2005.