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.
New Focus Ireland Figures Show Number of Families Becoming Newly Homeless in Dublin Every Month Hits an 18 Month High
New figures issued by Focus Ireland report that 99 families with 214 children became newly homeless in Dublin in July 2017. This is the second highest number recorded since Focus Ireland figures...
Focus Ireland Comment On New Daft Report That Shows Rents Rocketing As Supply Plummets
Focus Ireland warned that the nearly 3,000 children who are homeless are becoming the invisible victims of the rental crisis as many have been forced into homelessness due to rising rents or...
Focus Ireland welcomes publication of the ‘Homeless Persons in Ireland’ Census results
The housing and homeless charity said that the most shocking single finding in this report is that children aged between the ages of 0-4 are now the largest single age group experiencing...
Homelessness Has Negative Impact on Nutrition of Children
Focus Ireland welcomed a new independent research report on the difficulties faced by families that are homeless in accessing healthy food and having normal family meals. The report, which was jointly funded...
New Government homeless figures for June show that the situation is ‘worse than ever before under every single category, and getting worse”
As the latest official homeless figures show a yet another record level of homelessness, Focus Ireland called for urgent action to end evictions from private rented accommodation and to speed up access...
Focus Ireland set to Mark 10 Years of Challenging Homelessness and Changing Lives in Cork
Focus Ireland are marking ten years of challenging homelessness and changing lives in Cork through its work providing services and housing in the country since 2007. A decade on and Focus Ireland...