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.

01/08/2019

FOCUS IRELAND CALLS FOR MORE ACTION BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS AS NEW FIGURES REPORT 10,172 PEOPLE HOMELESS

Charity warns that homelessness is not just a Dublin problem as there are nearly 1,000 children homeless outside of the capital

28/06/2019

Focus Ireland Calls on Govt. to Deliver Tailored Strategies to Tackle Youth & Family Homelessness as New Figures Show a Total of 10,253 Homeless

33% increase in the number of people homeless in the last two years from 7699 in May 2017 to 10253 in May 2019

26/06/2019

Focus Ireland calls for cross-party political commitment to establish ‘Housing Commission’ after next election

Focus Ireland today called on all political parties to commit to establishing a ‘Commission on Housing’ after the next election, to work out a broad consensus on the supply of affordable, secure housing over the next twenty years.

13/06/2019

FOCUS IRELAND REPORT FINDS THAT NEARLY 70% OF FAMILIES BECOMING HOMELESS IN DUBLIN HAD THEIR LAST HOME IN THE RENTAL SECTOR

Charity calls for Govt to develop a specific family homelessness strategy as the number of families homeless has shot up by nearly 300% since 2015*

11/06/2019

Focus Ireland Presents to the Joint Committee on Children & Youth Affairs

Focus Ireland made a presentation to the Joint Committee on Children & Youth Affairs today and said it welcomed the opportunity to discuss the impact of the current crisis as the number of children who are homeless has shot up a record total of 3,794 (April 2019).

03/06/2019

Focus Ireland to be Body & Soul’s 10th anniversary charity partner

Art, Activism and Celebrities join forces in a powerful movement to help #EndYouthHomelessness as number of 18-24 year-olds homeless rockets 82% since 2015