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 present findings of ground-breaking studies on family homelessness to Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Committee consider how family homeless can be prevented and how the impact of homelessness on families that had been supported into new homes by Focus Ireland. The independent researchers who carried out...
FOCUS IRELAND CALLS FOR URGENT GOVT ACTION AS DAFT REPORT FINDS RENTS CONTINUES TO SOAR AS SUPPLY PLUMMETS
Rocketing Rents witnessed by Focus Ireland staff in Waterford, Cork and Limerick borne out by increases of up to 15% outside of Dublin as crisis deepens Focus Ireland has called for more...
Focus Ireland welcomes Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) investigation into forcible removal of tenants in Dublin
Focus Ireland has welcomed the fact that the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) is actively investigating in relation to the Mountjoy Square property where tenants were forcibly removed by their landlord in breach...
December Drop in Family Homelessness Welcome
Focus Ireland has said that it is positive that new Government figures issued today show an 8% drop in the number of families homeless in Ireland. However, the charity warned that the overall annual figures...
Focus Ireland Welcomes Govt. Social Housing Report But Calls For Greater Transparency and Says Only New Tenancies Should Be Counted
Focus Ireland welcomed Minister Murphy’s announcement today that just under 26,000 households got new social housing last year compared to the government target of 21,050 units. The breakdown shows that nearly...
Focus Ireland announces it delivered 145 Homes This Year As it Reports On Progress of New 31 Bed Development in Dublin City Centre
Focus Ireland announced today that it has added 145 units to its housing stock this year as it commits to doubling the number of homes provide over the next five years. These...