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 Record Figures Must Be A Line In the Sand In The Battle Towards Ending Crisis As Numbers Homeless Rocket 25% In Last Year
Focus Ireland said today that the new record total of 8,160 (July 2017) people homeless in Ireland issued by the Government today on the eve of Minister Murphy’s ‘summit’ must be a...
INTO Backs Focus Ireland Campaign Calling For Support For 1,800 Schoolchildren Homeless
A new Focus Ireland campaign calling for supports for 1,800 schoolchildren who are homeless is being backed by the largest teachers’ union in Ireland. The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation has thrown its...
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...