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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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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...

FOCUS IRELAND PUTS HOMELESSNESS THROUGH THE #10YEARCHALLENGE & SHOWS THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES HOMELESS IN DUBLIN HAS ROCKETED BY 420% SINCE 2008

Focus Ireland has put homelessness through the #10YearChallenge which shows that the number of families homeless in Dublin has shot up by over 420% in the last decade – from 249 families...

Premier/Setanta Sports Group Pledges €1 Million to provide 40 Focus Ireland Permanent Homes for Families Who Are Homeless

A massive one million euro was today generously pledged by the Premier/Setanta Sports Group to help Focus Ireland provide permanent homes for 40 families who are homeless. The Premier/Setanta Sports Group will...

Focus Ireland launches its Review of 2018

Focus Ireland today launched its Review of 2018, and as 2019 looms with 9,968 people homeless across the country Focus Ireland is urging more action from the government. Focus Ireland Advocacy Manager...

Focus Ireland announces it delivered 153 Homes This Year As it Reports On Progress of New 31 Bed Development in Dublin City Centre

Focus Ireland announced today that it has delivered 153 units to its housing stock this year as it commits to doubling the number of homes provide over the next five years.   As...

FOCUS IRELAND CALLS FOR MORE ACTION BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS AS NEW FIGURES REPORT 9,968 PEOPLE HOMELESS – (THIS IS THE HIGHEST EVER NUMBER)

——— Meanwhile – New Focus Ireland figures reveal that shockingly one child became homeless every 4 hours in Dublin alone last month ——— Focus Ireland has called for more urgency by the...

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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