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.

27/11/2018

Iarnród Éireann and Focus Ireland Join Forces to Help More People Make It #homeforchristmas

Iarnród Éireann has teamed up with Focus Ireland to launch a new campaign to raise vital funds to help more people to make it #HomeForChristmas The campaign will see Iarnród Éireann support the...

13/11/2018

Focus Ireland Launches Urgent Christmas Appeal As It Reports Helping More Than 350 Families To Escape Homelessness This Year

Focus Ireland launched an urgent Christmas appeal today with a hard-hitting campaign that highlights nearly 4,000 children are homeless nationwide. The charity’s Life President Sr. Stan launched the campaign which appeals to people to...

09/11/2018

Children experiencing homelessness launch their own book, “I Hope You Grow”, published by Kids’ Own in partnership with Focus Ireland

On Friday, fifteen children and their families gathered at Dublin’s Mansion House to launch a brand new, unique book about their lives and their experiences of homelessness in the midst of a...

01/11/2018

NEW FOCUS IRELAND REPORT FINDS 95% OF PEOPLE IT SUCCESSFULLY SUPPORTED IN 2017 WERE STILL IN THEIR HOMES SIX MONTHS AFTER DISENGAGING FROM THE CHARITY’S SERVICES

Focus Ireland launched a new study today which reports that 95% of the people it successfully supported last year were still in their homes six months after disengaging from the charity’s services....

28/10/2018

NORAH CASEY TEAMS UP WITH FOCUS IRELAND TO LAUNCH HARD-HITTING NEW VIDEO WHICH SHOWS THE TERRIBLE HUMAN IMPACT OF THE FAMILY HOMELESSNESS CRISIS

Business woman Norah has written to many well-known people across all sectors asking for them to share the video & call for action to end the crisis Norah Casey has teamed up...

24/10/2018

FOCUS SAYS GOVERNMENT MUST ACT NOW TO PROTECT THE CHILDHOODS OF NEARLY 4,000 CHILDREN AS NEW FIGURES REPORT THAT 9,698 PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS

Focus Ireland said it believes that new figures published today reporting a total of 9,698 people homeless shows there will be no end to the crisis without a shift of policy by...