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Hidden City - Stories of Homelessness

These are personal stories, from childhood to adulthood, of loss, poverty, resilience and hope; stories that have been written as a result of collaboration between Catherine Dunne and Focus Ireland

About Hidden City - Stories of Homelessness

Jasmine's Story
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Katie's Story
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Alan's Story
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Elaine's Story

Challenging Homelessness, Changing Lives

Stories from donors, volunteers, customers and our services

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Mark's Story

Mark’s inspirational story tells us about how he battled addiction and homelessness and with the support of Focus Ireland was able to turn his life around.

Katie's Story

Watch Katie’s story about her experience as a case worker supporting people affected by homelessness in Focus Ireland’s Coffee Shop and Advice and Information Centre.
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EmploymentFocus - John's Story

Our recruitment agency that provides employers with candidates looking to work their way to a secure future.

Focus Ireland & Humans of Dublin

Focus Ireland collaborated with Humans of Dublin to create a series to share the experiences of homelessness from our staff and the courageous people who have received our support.

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Sarah

“We had to get a place in a refuge to hide from his anger. I lived there for 11 months, homeless with two kids. It was when Focus Ireland came into our lives – with their help we were able to think about the future.”
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Katie

“When you see a family at a bus stop with lots of suitcases, they are not necessarily going on holidays. Homelessness could be happening to your neighbour, your friend or your family, it can happen to almost anybody.”
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Joanne

“It was only in time, with the help of Focus Ireland I was able to make myself stable again. Once they helped me to find a house to live in, I started to work on my personal problems.”

We are driven by the fundamental belief that homelessness is wrong. Wrong because it is a failure of society that creates victims out of ordinary people and robs them of their potential. Wrong because it can be prevented, it can be solved but is allowed to continue and in doing so, undermines society.

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