The sleep pods are set to be installed in the hostel building

Father Alan Sharpe, from St Patrick's Trust, said the charity will buy its first pods this year at �3,000 each.

Jack Wheale, from the hostel, added: "It has room for changing your clothes, and a little space for your valuables."

Residents did not have many valuables but would have essential items for which there would be space, he said.

Mr Sharpe, who tried a pod at an exhibition in London on Wednesday, said: "I'm looking very much forward to having it here.

"I was in it today, I did lay down in it, and I felt quite happy in it.

"I shall be able to tell people in the night shelter tonight what my experiences were."

The charity has worked with the manufacturer on the development of the pods which the company say are lightweight and easy to handle.