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 Supported a Record Number of over 14,500 people in 2017

Annual Report shows Focus Ireland supported 1,065 households from homelessness into new homes Focus Ireland supported a record number of over 14,500 people last year who were homeless or at risk –...

Focus Ireland opens evening service for families waiting for emergency accommodation

Just a few months ago, the Focus Ireland Coffee Shop was supporting around 30 families a day to find emergency accommodation; this number has surged to around 100 a day. Focus Ireland,...

Focus Ireland says the shocking record total of 9,846 people homeless shows the govt must do more to end the deepening crisis

Figures show a shocking 38% increase in the number of children homeless in a year, 2,777 to 3,826 children from May 2017 to May 2018. Focus Ireland said that the new figures...

Focus Ireland Advice & Info services expands in Sligo town and county to help prevent people in housing difficulties from becoming homeless

The first four months of 2018 saw a 50% surge in demand for Focus Ireland Services locally as housing crisis deepens Evidence of the impact of the national housing and homeless crisis on the...

Focus Ireland Welcomes DRHE Announcing 11 Units of Contingency Accommodation Now In Place to Ensure No Family is Without a Bed

Focus Ireland has today welcomed the positive announcement by Dublin Regional Homeless Executive (DRHE) that an additional 11 units of accommodation are now in place to help ensure no family who are...

FOCUS IRELAND SAYS 1% DROP IN FAMILY HOMELESSNESS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

However – charity warns overall trend shows  37% rise family homelessness in last year and claims the Govt strategy is failing to tackle the issue despite some good news New Government figures...

Focus Ireland welcomed today’s announcement that there has been a fall in the number of people sleeping rough in Dublin

Focus Ireland welcomed today’s announcement that there has been a fall in the number of people sleeping rough in Dublin, as reported in the Dublin Spring 2018 Rough Sleeping Count. The minimum...

Focus Ireland Launches Campaign As Number of People Aged 65+ Who Are Homeless Has Shot up 40% in the Last Two Years

Focus Ireland has launched an online campaign calling for the Government to take urgent action to ensure no people over 65 are homeless.  The charity announced the new campaign as it highlighted...

Luka Bloom & Leading Irish Rapper Both Pen Songs About The Homeless Crisis To Promote National March of Protest on April 7th

A leading Dublin rap artist has teamed up with Focus Ireland and written a hard-hitting song about the worst homelessness crisis in living memory. The rapper Gary Nugent – known as Nugget...

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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