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08.02.2019
Youth homelessness has increased by 82% over the last four years. The most recent figures show that there were 869 young people aged 18-24 accessing...
Author: Alison Connolly
Tags: Housing First for Youth, Policy, Prevention, Youth homelessness
29.01.2019
Temple Street Children’s Hospital recently released figures which highlighted the increased numbers of children being discharged from the hospital to ‘no fixed abode’. In this...
Author: Sarah Sheridan
Tags: Family Homelessness, Health, Impacts
11.01.2019
In 2018 some 1,600 people were removed from the official homelessness figures following a reclassification exercise. In this blog post, Research & Policy Analyst Wayne...
Author: Wayne Stanley
Tags: Challenges, Latest Figures, Policy
17.12.2018
In this blog post, Dr Mary Murphy from the Department of Sociology, Maynooth University explores how policy makers rationalise lone parent’s ambitions for employment and...
Author: Dr Mary Murphy
Tags: Awareness, Challenges, Policy, Stigma
10.12.2018
As homelessness increases across Europe, so too do efforts by Governments to penalise and criminalise those experiencing it. Focus Ireland Policy Officer Alison Connolly takes...
Tags: Petition, Policy, Rough Sleeping, Solutions
12.11.2018
Focus Ireland provides case management support across a number of services. But what is case management, and how successful is it in supporting households to...
Author: Kaska Kopczynska
Tags: Case Management, Prevention, Services, Sustained Exits
17.10.2018
Pictured left to right: Ger Spillane, Mid & South West Services Manager; Cllr Mick Finn, Lord Mayor of Cork; Philip Gillivan, President of Cork Business...
Author: Cllr. Mick Finn
Tags: Awareness, Fundraising, Rough Sleeping
05.10.2018
In recent days Irish Times reported a “revisited” plan within Dublin City Council to accommodate homeless people on a rented cruise ship. While this current...
Tags: Looking Ahead, Policy, Stigma
17.09.2018
Our Founder and Life President Sr Stan Kennedy was invited to speak at a Sinn Fein event in Dublin on September 17, which reviewed the...
Author: Sr. Stan Kennedy
Tags: Housing, Policy, Rebuilding Ireland
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