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.

Latest Figures on Homelessness

Latest Press Releases

FOCUS IRELAND CALLS ON NEW TDS TO COMMIT TO WORK TO END CRISIS AS NEW FIGURES SHOW RECORD TOTAL OF 10,514 HOMELESS

Focus Ireland has called on the 4 new TDs in the by-elections to make ending the housing crisis a key priority on entering the Dáil, as new figures report a record total...

FOCUS IRELAND WELCOMES NEW RCPI REPORT HIGHLIGHTING THE HEALTH RISKS TO CHILDREN WHO ARE HOMELESS

Focus Ireland has welcomed a new paper by the Faculties of Paediatrics and Public Health at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) published on International Children’s Day today which highlights...

Iarnród Éireann & Focus Ireland Join Forces to Help More People Make It #HomeForChristmas

Iarnród Éireann has teamed up with Focus Ireland for the third successive year to launch a new campaign to raise vital funds to help more people to make it #HomeForChristmas. The #HomeForChristmas...

Focus Ireland Launches Urgent Christmas Appeal As New Figures Show 12% of Children in Families it Supports Were Born Into Homelessness

Focus Ireland launched an urgent Christmas appeal today with a hard-hitting campaign highlighting that babies are being born into homelessness. The charity also issued new figures which show that 12% of children...

Focus Ireland Welcomes Reports on Child Homelessness by two Oireachtas Committees And Says They Must Act as “A Wake Up Call For Government”

Focus Ireland has welcomed new reports issued today by two separate Oireachtas Committees which explore how the family homelessness crisis impacts on children. The reports are by the Joint Oireachtas Committees on...

FOCUS IRELAND WARNS OF HUMAN TRAUMA CAUSED BY DEEPENING CRISIS AS A RECORD NUMBER OF 10,397 PEOPLE ARE NOW HOMELESS

Focus Ireland has warned of the terrible human trauma caused by homelessness as the total number of people homeless has now been over 10,000 for the eighth consecutive month. The official figures...

Focus Ireland Conference Calls For National Youth Homelessness Strategy as Number of 18-24 Year-olds Homeless Has Doubled in 5 Years

Focus Ireland has said the next Government must develop a National Youth Homelessness Strategy as a matter of urgency as the number of 18-24 year-olds homeless has shockingly more than doubled in...

Business Leaders Aim To Raise Over €1m for Focus Ireland’s Shine a Light Night 2019

A record total of well over 1,000 people took part in Focus Ireland’s annual Shine A Light Night (Fri Oct 18th) sleep-outs nationwide to raise over €1m to help fund vital services...

Focus Ireland Dublin Housing Development Scoops 2 Awards (Including Overall Winner Award) At Community Housing Awards 2019

A Focus Ireland development in the heart of Dublin that provides 31 homes for people who were previously homeless has won two national housing awards.  The innovative development was awarded both 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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