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Fifteen people reported as homeless in Longford

A new report on the number of homeless people in the country has been labelled as "shocking" by a homelessness charity. Focus Ireland made the comment on their X (formerly Twitter) last Friday (January 5), following the release of the report by the ...

13 Jan 2024 at 14:59

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Homeless people encouraged to vote to bring ‘real, solid change’ on housing

People who are homeless are being encouraged to register to vote in order to see “real, solid change” on housing. Focus Ireland will hold voter registration events on Thursday to help people to register to vote. Those who do not have a home ...

30 Oct 2024 at 14:00

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Focus Ireland urges government to help 'generation rent', criticises priority for landlords

Homelessness charity Focus Ireland (FI) has urged the government to help 'generation rent'. It follows after research cited Ireland as one of the most poorly regulated rental sectors in western Europe. Dr Richard Waldron, of Queens ...

16 Feb 2022 at 18:40

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Focus Ireland urges government to help 'generation rent', criticises priority for landlords

16 Feb 2022 at 17:31

Number of homeless hits another new record high

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Number of homeless hits new record high for third month in a row

The number of homeless people in Ireland has risen to another new record high. The latest figures from the Department of Housing reveal that 12,847 people were in emergency accommodation in July. This is a rise of more than ...

25 Aug 2023 at 16:06

National News

Narrow definition of homelessness failing to respond to true nature of crisis

Homelessness in Ireland is being defined in a relatively narrow way, and is failing to respond to the true nature of homelessness, a report has stated. The report found that homelessness focused on people sleeping rough ...

19 Sept 2022 at 16:05

National News

Slight drop in number of people in emergency accommodation over Christmas

The number of people who were in emergency accommodation over the Christmas period fell compared with November, housing figures show. The latest figures from the Department of Housing show that just under 15,000 people ...

31 Jan 2025 at 15:53

National News

Number of homeless people increases to 14,159 in May

The number of people in homeless accommodation has increased further to 14,159 people in May, according to the latest figures from the Department of Housing. Figures for April saw the number surpass 14,000 for the ...

28 Jun 2024 at 15:33

National News

Focus Ireland launch new campaign that allows Irish homeless to vote

Focus Ireland have launched its Voter Registration Drive Campaign on March 26th in the GPO in Dublin. With support from An Post, using their Addresslink service. This will provide a psotal address and eircode to ...

26 Mar 2024 at 20:35

National News

Homelessness rises to ‘shocking’ record high of almost 11,000

Almost 11,000 people have been recorded as homeless in Ireland, the highest figure ever recorded, new figures show. A total of 10,975 people accessed emergency accommodation in September, a 1.6% increase on ...

28 Oct 2022 at 18:03

National News

Over 3,000 children living with homelessness - Focus Ireland report shows

Over 3,000 children are living in homelessness in Ireland today, according to a the 2021 annual report from housing charity Focus Ireland. The housing charity helped 1,288 households last year. Focus ...

11 Oct 2022 at 13:35

National News

Number of homeless in Ireland hits new high

The number of homeless people in Ireland has hit another high. There were 11,754 homeless people in January, according to the latest figures from the Department of Housing. That total includes 8,323 ...

24 Feb 2023 at 15:20

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