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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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Focus Ireland Says All Parties Need to “Stop Playing Politics & Start Working Together” on Housing as at Least 3 Families Become Homeless Every Day in Ireland

Focus Ireland has today called on all political parties to take a more honest and collaborative approach to tackling the housing and homelessness crisis, including making a commitment to participate in a...

FOCUS IRELAND WELCOMES SLIGHT DROP IN HOMELESSNESS FIGURES BUT SAYS GOVERNMENT MUST DO A LOT MORE IN 2020 TO END DEEPENING CRISIS AS A TOTAL OF 10,448 NOW HOMELESS

Focus Ireland said that the Government must do a lot more in 2020 to end the deepening homelessness crisis as new figures today report a total of 10,448 homeless in November. This...

FOCUS IRELAND END OF YEAR REPORT SHOWS CHARITY HAS DELIVERED NEARLY 600 HOMES IN THE LAST 4 YEARS

Focus Ireland’s end of year report issued today shows the charity delivered 92 homes in 2019. In the last 4 years, Focus Ireland has delivered 587 homes to households that were previously...

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...

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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