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# focus-ireland - Last week 23rd March 2025 - 29th March 2025

Majority of State spending on homelessness directed toward emergency accommodation
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Majority of State spending on homelessness directed toward emergency accommodation

Mar 25th 2025, 8:34 PM 10,204 Views 34 Comments

# focus-ireland - This year 2025

'A life and death situation': How homeless services are helping people survive the cold
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'A life and death situation': How homeless services are helping people survive the cold

Jan 9th 2025, 6:15 AM 6,758 Views 0 Comments

# focus-ireland - Last year 2024

Focus Ireland calls for more social housing as demand for services rose by 12.5% in 2023
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Focus Ireland calls for more social housing as demand for services rose by 12.5% in 2023

Sep 3rd 2024, 7:43 AM 6,417 Views 60 Comments

Increase of 579% in the numbers of adults in emergency accommodation for more than six months since 2014
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Increase of 579% in the numbers of adults in emergency accommodation for more than six months since 2014

Jun 14th 2024, 1:44 PM 6,288 Views 29 Comments

Homelessness: Children in emergency accommodation tops 4,000 for first time
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Homelessness: Children in emergency accommodation tops 4,000 for first time

Updated Jan 5th 2024, 3:00 PM 19,650 Views 147 Comments
  • The figures are an increase of 335 compared with October 2023.
  • Over 190 more children are now living in emergency accommodation.
  • The numbers have been labelled a stark beginning to the new year.

# focus-ireland - All time

Focus Ireland recorded 30% increase in service users last year as homelessness rose
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Focus Ireland recorded 30% increase in service users last year as homelessness rose

Sep 27th 2023, 9:06 AM 4,968 Views 33 Comments

Garda stations have no facilities to house families left homeless after eviction ban ends
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Garda stations have no facilities to house families left homeless after eviction ban ends

Mar 11th 2023, 4:32 PM 21,862 Views 33 Comments

Dublin Regional Homeless Executive increases emergency bed capacity amid cold spell
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Dublin Regional Homeless Executive increases emergency bed capacity amid cold spell

Mar 9th 2023, 3:16 PM 3,831 Views 2 Comments

Homelessness record broken again as 11,542 people in emergency accommodation in November
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Homelessness record broken again as 11,542 people in emergency accommodation in November

Jan 6th 2023, 3:23 PM 11,947 Views 48 Comments

Parents living in emergency accommodation 'anxious about giving children a decent Christmas'
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Parents living in emergency accommodation 'anxious about giving children a decent Christmas'

Dec 24th 2022, 12:10 AM 11,033 Views 2 Comments

Outreach groups 'doing all they can' so rough sleepers take up emergency accommodation
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Outreach groups 'doing all they can' so rough sleepers take up emergency accommodation

Dec 14th 2022, 6:00 AM 9,329 Views 11 Comments

Focus Ireland launch 2021 report amid rapidly worsening homelessness crisis
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Focus Ireland launch 2021 report amid rapidly worsening homelessness crisis

Oct 11th 2022, 5:54 PM 5,124 Views 5 Comments

'I just remember thinking: 'Oh my God, this is our life'.'
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'I just remember thinking: 'Oh my God, this is our life'.'

Nov 30th 2021, 4:39 PM 18,859 Views 0 Comments

Jump in number of homeless is 'serious concern', says Housing Minister
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# Darragh O'Brien

Jump in number of homeless is 'serious concern', says Housing Minister

Oct 29th 2021, 5:38 PM 16,326 Views 44 Comments

Opposition says Budget does 'nothing' for renters as minister hints at 'more permanent caps'
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Opposition says Budget does 'nothing' for renters as minister hints at 'more permanent caps'

Updated Oct 12th 2021, 7:30 PM 13,821 Views 17 Comments

Charity helps record number of households to avoid homelessness
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Charity helps record number of households to avoid homelessness

Oct 5th 2021, 10:44 AM 8,266 Views 4 Comments

Homeless charities hit back after Keegan says 'whole industry' sustaining people sleeping in tents
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Homeless charities hit back after Keegan says 'whole industry' sustaining people sleeping in tents

Aug 17th 2021, 1:32 PM 24,834 Views 35 Comments

Slight decrease of 75 in February homelessness figures
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Slight decrease of 75 in February homelessness figures

Mar 26th 2021, 4:03 PM 6,737 Views 11 Comments

Bohemians team up with Fontaines DC to tackle homelessness with new away shirt
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Bohemians team up with Fontaines DC to tackle homelessness with new away shirt

Updated Mar 13th 2021, 3:00 PM 28,682 Views 19 Comments

Progress made in reducing homeless figures at start of pandemic now being eroded, charities say
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Progress made in reducing homeless figures at start of pandemic now being eroded, charities say

Feb 26th 2021, 3:19 PM 8,177 Views 13 Comments

Slight drop in latest homeless figures, charities raise 'grave concerns' over recent deaths
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Slight drop in latest homeless figures, charities raise 'grave concerns' over recent deaths

Oct 30th 2020, 5:48 PM 16,522 Views 9 Comments

'I got a call from Focus Ireland inviting me to view an apartment ... it felt like heaven'
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'I got a call from Focus Ireland inviting me to view an apartment ... it felt like heaven'

Sep 29th 2020, 6:45 PM 23,329 Views 14 Comments

Homeless charities demand action in the Budget as latest figures show 8,700 in emergency accommodation
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Homeless charities demand action in the Budget as latest figures show 8,700 in emergency accommodation

Sep 25th 2020, 3:38 PM 11,160 Views 14 Comments

Focus Ireland ordered to pay €22,000 to 68-year-old 'humiliated' mediator for unlawfully retiring him
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Focus Ireland ordered to pay €22,000 to 68-year-old 'humiliated' mediator for unlawfully retiring him

Jun 2nd 2020, 7:08 PM 41,377 Views 28 Comments

Cork people asked to sleep in their gardens this weekend to raise funds for the homeless
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# Big Rebel Sleep Out

Cork people asked to sleep in their gardens this weekend to raise funds for the homeless

Apr 21st 2020, 6:10 AM 13,260 Views 11 Comments

'There are no longer physical visits': New challenges for homeless families during coronavirus outbreak
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'There are no longer physical visits': New challenges for homeless families during coronavirus outbreak

Mar 26th 2020, 6:00 AM 15,167 Views 8 Comments

'We were in crisis before coronavirus': Housing charities set aside rooms for homeless people who need to self-isolate
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'We were in crisis before coronavirus': Housing charities set aside rooms for homeless people who need to self-isolate

Mar 11th 2020, 6:05 AM 14,091 Views 28 Comments

Opinion: The two homeless tragedies this week mean the Irish electorate is alert to this issue
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Opinion: The two homeless tragedies this week mean the Irish electorate is alert to this issue

Jan 17th 2020, 6:45 AM 12,508 Views 37 Comments

'Babies are being born homeless': Charity demands action from government on child homelessness
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'Babies are being born homeless': Charity demands action from government on child homelessness

Nov 17th 2019, 4:09 PM 18,737 Views 97 Comments

'This must end': Homelessness figures reach over 10,000 for eighth consecutive month
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'This must end': Homelessness figures reach over 10,000 for eighth consecutive month

Oct 31st 2019, 2:18 PM 14,035 Views 72 Comments

'They told me I was getting a home ... it was real surreal'
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'They told me I was getting a home ... it was real surreal'

Sep 5th 2019, 1:15 PM 16,125 Views 26 Comments

Landlords selling a private rental property one of the main drivers of family homelessness in Dublin
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Landlords selling a private rental property one of the main drivers of family homelessness in Dublin

Jun 13th 2019, 7:21 AM 28,096 Views 158 Comments

Opinion: 10% of homeless families have been made homeless for a second time
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Opinion: 10% of homeless families have been made homeless for a second time

May 8th 2019, 7:00 AM 11,829 Views 24 Comments

Relocation costs, unsuitable houses...'no bee-keeping prospects': The reasons people give for refusing social homes
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Relocation costs, unsuitable houses...'no bee-keeping prospects': The reasons people give for refusing social homes

May 7th 2019, 12:05 AM 57,900 Views 59 Comments

'We have very different values': Focus official hits back at Skehan's comments that homelessness is 'normal'
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'We have very different values': Focus official hits back at Skehan's comments that homelessness is 'normal'

Jan 15th 2019, 7:58 AM 17,369 Views 46 Comments

Former top housing official claims homelessness in Ireland is 'normal'
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Former top housing official claims homelessness in Ireland is 'normal'

Updated Jan 8th 2019, 10:33 AM 64,064 Views 177 Comments

"We live in a time where a song's lyrics upsets us more than our own people living on the streets"
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# Baby It's Cold Outside

"We live in a time where a song's lyrics upsets us more than our own people living on the streets"

Dec 14th 2018, 5:35 PM 3,725 Views 3 Comments

'My dad was on heroin... I was put into care when I was 8': The experience of young homeless families
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'My dad was on heroin... I was put into care when I was 8': The experience of young homeless families

Dec 13th 2018, 4:55 PM 22,019 Views 37 Comments

The number of homeless adults in Ireland has risen by 130 in the space of a month
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The number of homeless adults in Ireland has risen by 130 in the space of a month

Nov 29th 2018, 1:00 PM 12,072 Views 54 Comments

The government is trying to reduce chronic homelessness ... Here's how Finland ended it
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The government is trying to reduce chronic homelessness ... Here's how Finland ended it

Oct 25th 2018, 6:01 AM 28,336 Views 45 Comments

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