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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 present #EndHomelessness petition to three Government parties calling on a target date to the end the crisis

Charity has amassed over 10,000 #EndHomelessness signatures  Focus Ireland today presented its #EndHomelessness petition with over 10,200 signatures to three Government parties to set a target date for ending homelessness. Director Of Advocacy Mike Allen and Campaign Coordinator Louise Bayliss handed the petition to Senator...

Focus Ireland Launches New 5 Year Strategy Which Aims to Support 5,000 Households out of homelessness by 2025

Focus Ireland published its new 5-year Strategic Plan today which aims to support over 5,000 households out of homelessness by the end of 2025. The charity will achieve this by delivering 1150 new homes in partnership with Local Authorities and other State agencies through a mix of direct...

New December 2020 figures show a reduction in the number homeless to 8,200 which includes 2,327 children

Focus Ireland campaign calls on the leaders of the three Government parties to set a target date for ending homelessness Figures published today by the Department of Housing show the number of people who...

NGO Alliance Call on Government to take Ten Urgent Actions to Keep One Parent Families Afloat during Lockdown

The National One Parent Family Alliance says that unless urgent measures are implemented, lone parents and their children will be disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 restrictions and school closures. The newly established National...

Mairead Ronan calls on the Irish public to support the 1,117 families who will spend Christmas in emergency accommodation

The broadcaster is partnering with Focus Ireland as part of its Christmas donation appeal. Santa will visit over 2,642 children in emergency accommodation this Christmas These children are part of the 1,100...

New figures show a rise in the number homeless to 8,737 in October as Focus Ireland warns that the Government eviction freeze must fully protect all renters

New figures published today by the Department of Housing show the number of people who are homeless in October rose by 81 from 8,656 in September to 8,737 in October. There was an increase...

Irish Tech Sector asked to provide vital support in combatting Ireland’s Homelessness Crisis

Project launches as new figures show 8,737 people now homeless. Dublin, Ireland, 23rd November 2020: Former Dragons’ Den investor and businessman Barry O’Sullivan has teamed up with Focus Ireland on a project...

Focus Ireland welcomes drop in September homeless numbers to 8,656 people as the charity calls for the government to broaden the eviction ban to help protect vulnerable renters during COVID-19

New figures published today by the Department of Housing show the number of people who are homeless in September dropped to 8,656 from a total of 8,702 in August – a drop of 46 people. Focus Ireland welcomes this drop, a week following the government’s positive...

Focus Ireland Welcomes Reintroduction of the Eviction Ban To Help Prevent Rise in Numbers Homeless During Level 5

Charity says this will help efforts to keep people who are homeless safe during Covid19. Focus Ireland has welcomed the Government’s reintroduction of the moratorium on evictions in light of new COVID-19...

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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