Press Releases

Press Releases

Focus Ireland Press Releases provide the very latest information issued to media outlets.
Our most up-to-date releases in relation to homelessness and housing can be viewed below.

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Focus Ireland Online Campaign Calls For Voters to Ask Their Local Election Candidates to Take A Pledge to Tackle Homelessness

Focus Ireland has launched a grassroots online campaign calling on every local election candidate to commit to tackling the homelessness crisis if they are elected on May 24th. To date over 5,000...

Irish Aftercare Network Calls For More Support For Young People Leaving Care

Delegates at the Irish Aftercare Network’s Annual Conference in Athlone heard today (May 17th) that there must be more to support young people leaving care, many of whom have suffered significant trauma during...

Minister Murphy Opens New Focus Ireland Development Providing 31 Homes in Dublin

The Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy today officially opened Focus Ireland’s new 31 unit development at John’s Lane West which is providing homes for families and individuals in the heart of Dublin...

Focus Ireland Warns that Homelessness Crisis Will Not End Without a Shift in Government Policy as New Figures Show a Record Total of 10,305 Homeless

— The figures show an increase of 41 people in one month from Feb to March this year – 37 of whom are children. Focus Ireland has warned that the deepening homelessness...

New Record Figures Must Be A Line In the Sand In The Battle To End Homelessness Crisis As Numbers Pass 10,000 For First Time

Focus Ireland said that the new record of over 10,000 people homeless must be a line in the sand in the battle to end the ever deepening crisis. The charity has called...

Pauline McLynn urges Ireland to join Ireland’s Great Get Together

Pauline McLynn, who starred in legendary comedy Fr. Ted, teamed up with Focus Ireland today to launch Ireland’s Great Get Together which aims to raise funds to prevent family homelessness. Pauline called...

Focus Ireland Marks International Women’s Day By Highlighting A Shocking 158% Rise In Number Of Women Homeless In Last 4 Years

Focus Ireland has marked International Women’s day by highlighting a shocking 158% increase in the number of women homeless in Ireland in just four years. The total has shot up  from 1017...

FOCUS IRELAND SAID THE NEW RECORD TOTAL OF PEOPLE HOMELESS SHOWS THAT GOVT. POLICY IS STILL FAILING TO TACKLE THE DEEPENING CRISIS

Focus Ireland has said that new figures reporting  a total of 9,987 people homeless in January show the Government is still failing to do enough to ease the crisis. The figures show...

FOCUS IRELAND WELCOMES 2% DROP IN NUMBERS HOMELESS BUT WARNS THERE’S BEEN 14% RISE IN THE LAST YEAR

Focus Ireland has said that it is positive news that new Government figures issued today for December 2018 show a 2% drop in the number of people homeless in Ireland . However, the charity...

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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