Focus Ireland

17/04/2026

Are you ready to MAKE SOME NOISE? 🎤🎶

On Friday 1 May, Focus Ireland is calling on musicians and music lovers across Ireland to turn up the volume and help make sure that no child is without a home.

Child homelessness is at a record high and staying silent is not an option. Did you know that almost 5,500 children are living in homelessness right now? We can't let this number continue to rise any further.

Together, with local radio stations nationwide WE NEED YOU to amplify your impact by signing up to Make Some Noise 📻

From solo singers to full choirs, open-mic regulars to instrumentalists, DJs to Orchestras, everyone has a part to play.

Perform and fundraise at one of our local events, or host your own gig and help raise vital funds and awareness in your community.

Sign up via the link in bio or get in touch at [email protected] ✨

16/04/2026

No child should be without a home.

You can help us end homelessness for over 5k children and their families. For good.

Join the movement. Sign the petition.

Visit FocusIreland.ie/NoChild at the link in our bio 👉

15/04/2026

“For us, it’s really important that the children have the same things that other children have, outside of living in homeless accommodation…”

Child Support Workers are vital to the services we provide families experiencing homelessness.

Sign the petition to end child homelessness (link in bio) and follow us to learn more 💛

10/04/2026

WE WANT YOU to MAKE SOME NOISE!

Join Focus Ireland on Friday 1 May and turn up the volume for a reason: Child homelessness has hit a record high and it’s beyond unacceptable.

We want musicians, singers, choirs and music lovers across the country to unite for this nationwide event. Be part of something special: fundraise and perform at an event near you or organise your own in your community! 🎶 💛

As we take to the stage we’re also taking over local radio stations all across Ireland. Tune into and ✨

Sign up at the link in bio or contact us with any questions at [email protected]

09/04/2026

Department of Housing figures for February 2026 show 17,308 people are homeless, including 5,457 children across 2,609 families.

This is up 196 on the previous month and 13% percent higher than a year ago, with child homelessness up 17% since February 2025.

Focus Ireland said the Government must ensure its forthcoming “Child and Family Homelessness Action Plan” will deliver faster exits from homelessness and practical supports that reduce the long-term harm of homelessness, especially for children.

The charity has also repeatedly warned that rental reforms which allow rents to reset to market levels will trap more families in homelessness unless HAP is urgently adjusted to reflect real rents.

Pat Dennigan, CEO of Focus Ireland, said: “We need to ensure that the welcome increase in social housing supply is being used effectively to reduce homelessness, particularly for long-term homeless families.

That means giving real priority in allocations to those who are most in need. This measure would shorten the time that children spend in emergency accommodation .”

08/04/2026

For someone who has been entrenched in homelessness for a long time, life skills that we take for granted may have been missed out on for individuals supported by our services.

Our staff, like Patrice, work with these customers to prepare them for maintaining a tenancy i.e. paying bills, communicating with landlords, household cleanliness and cooking.

07/04/2026

Runners of Ireland: Are you ready to run the SOLD OUT Belfast City Marathon? 🏃‍♀️💛

Less than a 3 hour drive from Ireland’s capital, you can take part in the iconic Belfast City Marathon!

Running for Focus Ireland is an incredible way to support the mission to end homelessness for good.

As you challenge yourself and reach new personal milestones, you’ll also be raising vital funds that directly support the work of Focus Ireland services for families in homelessness.

Sign up through .ie at the link in bio!

07/04/2026

Runners of Ireland: Are you ready to run the SOLD OUT Belfast City Marathon? 🏃‍♀️💛

Less than a 3 hour drive from Ireland's capital, you can take part in the iconic Belfast City Marathon!

Running for Focus Ireland is an incredible way to support the mission to end homelessness for good.

As you challenge yourself and reach new personal milestones, you’ll also be raising vital funds that directly support the work of Focus Ireland services for families in homelessness (link in bio).

07/04/2026

Homelessness steals children’s childhoods, one day at a time.

It disrupts their friendships and schooling. It harms their mental health. And it can damage their futures.

Together, we can end child homelessness in Ireland, for good. Will you join us?

No child without a home petition Focus Ireland -

01/04/2026

Child Support Workers like Sandra work with children individually, in groups and with their families to support them through the traumatic experience of homelessness, to ensure their mental wellbeing and growth as young people are safeguarded while families get back on their feet.

You can donate or host a fundraiser to contribute towards the work of our services and incredible staff helping families in homelessness now by visiting FocusIreland.ie (link in bio).

31/03/2026

We have just launched an important new piece of research titled "Attitudes and Effective Communication on Modern Methods of Construction’ (MMC) - which was funded by

The report highlights that improving public understanding of MMC and its benefits is essential to help advance the wider use of MMC in order to speed up delivery of quality homes to ease the housing and homelessness crisis.

You can read a piece by Olivia Kelly on the new research in the Irish Times and read the full report at FocusIreland.ie/knowledge-hub/research

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27/03/2026

The number of people homeless has increased again, to 17,308 – a 12.5 per cent increase in a year and 196 more than a month previously.

The data, published today by the Department of Housing, show during the week of 16 to 22 February there were 11,851 adults and 5,457 children in emergency accommodation. The children are in 2,609 families.

This does not include people who are sofa-surfing, sharing overcrowded homes, in domestic violence refuges, rough-sleeping or stuck in direct provision centres despite having legal status to remain and unable to access housing.

In Dublin, where the crisis is most acute, there were 8,296 adults in homeless accommodation and 4,021 children.

Pat Dennigan, chief executive of Focus Ireland said: “It is heartbreaking to see homelessness stuck at a record level and to know that thousands of children are growing up without the security of a home. Homelessness is not a foregone conclusion. With the right policies we can turn this around.”

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