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.
Focus Ireland welcomes third consecutive monthly drop in homelessness and calls for roadmap out of Covid-19 to help end crisis
Focus Ireland welcomed news that the number of people homeless in April has dropped to 9,355 and the charity believes this is due to the effective collaboration between the State, local authorities and other NGOs. This is a drop of 572 people from the number homeless in March.
FOCUS IRELAND CALLS ON THE 3 PARTIES IN GOVT FORMATION TALKS TO PUT IN PLACE A ROADMAP FOR HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS
Focus Ireland has written to the leaders of the three parties involved in government formation talks to call for the urgent development of a Roadmap for Housing & Homelessness to prevent a new wave of homelessness as the country emerges from Covid-19.
FOCUS IRELAND WELCOMES EU RECOMMENDATION THAT IRELAND SHOULD INCREASE PROVISION OF SOCIAL & AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Focus Ireland today welcomed today’s recommendation by the European Union that the Irish Government should ‘increase the provision of social and affordable housing”, accompanied by a warning of “potential risks of deepening inequalities, entrenched poverty and social exclusion”.
Focus Ireland and Trinity College team up for a unique report analysing homelessness
Focus Ireland and the School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin today (12th May 2020) to publish a unique and picture of the extent of homelessness in Ireland.
FOCUS IRELAND WELCOMES DROP IN HOMELESSNESS AS CHARITY REPORTS IT HELPED OVER 550 PEOPLE TO SECURE A HOME IN MARCH
Focus Ireland has welcomed new figures reporting a drop of 241 in the number of people homeless in Ireland in March.
Laura Whitmore & Marian Keyes Share Amazing Video of Child Who is Homeless Talking About His Covid-19 Artwork
Laura Whitmore, Emmet Kirwan & Marian Keyes have just shared a video of this amazing child who is homeless to over 1 million people on social media.