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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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...

Focus Ireland Says Budget 2020 Has Failed To Take Specific Actions Required To Ease the Homeless Crisis

Focus Ireland said today that the Government has failed to take a number of specific actions required in Budget 2020 to help ease the homelessness crisis. Focus Ireland said that it recognises...

Focus Ireland delivers petition signed by over 10,700 people calling for a National Youth Homeless Strategy

Focus Ireland was joined today by a large group of supporters who delivered a petition with over 10,700 signatures calling on all political parties to include a commitment to a national Youth Homeless...

FOCUS IRELAND CALLS FOR GREATER URGENCY IN BUDGET 2020 TO END CRISIS AS NEW FIGURES REPORT 10,338 PEOPLE HOMELESS

Focus Ireland has called on the Government to take action to reflect the urgency of the deepening homeless crisis in next week’s Budget as new figures issued today show the seventh consecutive...

Focus Ireland Calls For Budget 2020 Investment to Drive Increased Delivery of Affordable Rental & Social Housing on State Land

Focus Ireland launched its Pre-Budget Submission today (Sunday, September 22nd) which calls for action in Budget 2020 to fast-track increased delivery of social housing to help ease the homelessness crisis. The charity...

Focus Ireland & INTO Launch New Education Resource for Primary Schools

Focus Ireland and the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) have produced a new guidance resource for primary school teachers and principals who are supporting students and families who are homeless or at...

Focus Ireland Annual Report Shows it Helped Record Number of over 15,500 people in 2018

Focus Ireland supported a record number of over 15,500 people last year who were homeless or at risk – the charity announced at its Annual Report 2018 launch in Dublin. This is...

FOCUS IRELAND LAUNCHES HARD-HITTING CAMPAIGN CALLING FOR ACTION AS THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN HOMELESS HAS SHOT UP BY 356% IN 5 YEARS

Focus Ireland has launched a new hard-hitting campaign to highlight the trauma that the deepening homelessness crisis is causing to nearly 4,000 children in Ireland. The emotive campaign projects images of children...

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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