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.

20/12/2018

FOCUS IRELAND CALLS FOR MORE ACTION BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS AS NEW FIGURES REPORT 9,968 PEOPLE HOMELESS – (THIS IS THE HIGHEST EVER NUMBER)

Meanwhile – New Focus Ireland figures reveal that shockingly one child became homeless every 4 hours in Dublin alone last month

19/12/2018

Focus Ireland is Helping Santa to Find Children Who Are Homeless This Christmas

Charity makes urgent appeal for donations at this vital time of year as crisis deepens

16/12/2018

FOCUS IRELAND MAKES URGENT CHRISTMAS APPEAL FOR DONATIONS AS NEW FIGURES SHOW 11% RISE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SUPPORTED BY THE CHARITY

Just under 10,000 people now homeless - Nearly 4,000 of these are children and some have been born into homelessness this year

14/12/2018

New Focus Ireland research shows that the ‘most vulnerable of the vulnerable’ young homeless families are trapped in homelessness due to lack of supports

Focus Ireland launched a new study today, Young Families in the Homeless Crisis: Challenges and Solutions, which shines a light on the problems experienced by young homeless families, aged 18-24, whose first experience of independent living results in homelessness.

10/12/2018

Focus Ireland join Europe-wide protest against criminalisation of homelessness in Hungary on Human Rights Day

Focus Ireland is calling on its supporters to send a message to the Hungarian Ambassador in Ireland expressing their concern about the moved by the Hungarian Government to criminalise people who are homeless.

29/11/2018

FOCUS SAYS GOVERNMENT MUST ACT NOW TO PROTECT THE CHILDHOODS OF NEARLY 4,000 CHILDREN AS NEW FIGURES REPORT THAT 9,724 PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS

Meanwhile – New Focus Ireland figures reveal that one family become homeless every 8 hours in Dublin alone last month Focus Ireland has warned that new figures published today reporting a total...