# Focus Ireland
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This year
2024
Homeless
Homelessness: Children in emergency accommodation tops 4,000 for first time
Official figures show 9,409 adults and 4,105 children were in emergency accommodation in November.
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.
147
19.5k
Updated
Jan 5th 2024, 3:00 PM
Last year
2023
Housing Crisis
Focus Ireland recorded 30% increase in service users last year as homelessness rose
33
4.9k
Sep 27th 2023, 9:06 AM
Housing Crisis
Garda stations have no facilities to house families left homeless after eviction ban ends
33
21.8k
Mar 11th 2023, 4:32 PM
drhe
Dublin Regional Homeless Executive increases emergency bed capacity amid cold spell
2
3.8k
Mar 9th 2023, 3:16 PM
Housing Crisis
Homelessness record broken again as 11,542 people in emergency accommodation in November
48
11.9k
Jan 6th 2023, 3:23 PM
All time
Homelessness
Parents living in emergency accommodation 'anxious about giving children a decent Christmas'
2
11.0k
Dec 24th 2022, 12:10 AM
Cold Snap
Outreach groups 'doing all they can' so rough sleepers take up emergency accommodation
11
9.3k
Dec 14th 2022, 6:00 AM
Homelessness
Focus Ireland launch 2021 report amid rapidly worsening homelessness crisis
5
5.1k
Oct 11th 2022, 5:54 PM
Homelessness
'I just remember thinking: 'Oh my God, this is our life'.'
18.8k
Nov 30th 2021, 4:39 PM
Darragh O'Brien
Jump in number of homeless is 'serious concern', says Housing Minister
44
16.3k
Oct 29th 2021, 5:38 PM
Focus Ireland
Opposition says Budget does 'nothing' for renters as minister hints at 'more permanent caps'
17
13.8k
Updated
Oct 12th 2021, 7:30 PM
Focus Ireland
Charity helps record number of households to avoid homelessness
4
8.2k
Oct 5th 2021, 10:44 AM
Homelessness
Homeless charities hit back after Keegan says 'whole industry' sustaining people sleeping in tents
35
24.8k
Aug 17th 2021, 1:32 PM
A Good Cause
Bohemians team up with Fontaines DC to tackle homelessness with new away shirt
19
28.6k
Updated
Mar 13th 2021, 3:00 PM
Homelessness
Progress made in reducing homeless figures at start of pandemic now being eroded, charities say
13
8.1k
Feb 26th 2021, 3:19 PM
Homelessness
Slight drop in latest homeless figures, charities raise 'grave concerns' over recent deaths
9
16.5k
Oct 30th 2020, 5:48 PM
Homelessness
'I got a call from Focus Ireland inviting me to view an apartment ... it felt like heaven'
14
23.3k
Sep 29th 2020, 6:45 PM
Homeless figures
Homeless charities demand action in the Budget as latest figures show 8,700 in emergency accommodation
14
11.1k
Sep 25th 2020, 3:38 PM
WRC
Focus Ireland ordered to pay €22,000 to 68-year-old 'humiliated' mediator for unlawfully retiring him
28
41.4k
Jun 2nd 2020, 7:08 PM
big rebel sleep out
Cork people asked to sleep in their gardens this weekend to raise funds for the homeless
11
13.2k
Apr 21st 2020, 6:10 AM
Homelessness
'There are no longer physical visits': New challenges for homeless families during coronavirus outbreak
8
15.1k
Mar 26th 2020, 6:00 AM
Homelessness
'We were in crisis before coronavirus': Housing charities set aside rooms for homeless people who need to self-isolate
28
14.1k
Mar 11th 2020, 6:05 AM
Voices
Opinion: The two homeless tragedies this week mean the Irish electorate is alert to this issue
37
12.5k
Jan 17th 2020, 6:45 AM
Homelessness
'Babies are being born homeless': Charity demands action from government on child homelessness
97
18.7k
Nov 17th 2019, 4:09 PM
Homelessness
'This must end': Homelessness figures reach over 10,000 for eighth consecutive month
72
14.0k
Oct 31st 2019, 2:18 PM
Focus Ireland
'They told me I was getting a home ... it was real surreal'
26
16.1k
Sep 5th 2019, 1:15 PM
Homelessness
Landlords selling a private rental property one of the main drivers of family homelessness in Dublin
158
28.1k
Jun 13th 2019, 7:21 AM
Voices
Opinion: 10% of homeless families have been made homeless for a second time
24
11.8k
May 8th 2019, 7:00 AM
Social Housing
Relocation costs, unsuitable houses...'no bee-keeping prospects': The reasons people give for refusing social homes
59
57.8k
May 7th 2019, 12:05 AM
Homelessness
'We have very different values': Focus official hits back at Skehan's comments that homelessness is 'normal'
46
17.3k
Jan 15th 2019, 7:58 AM
Homelessness
Former top housing official claims homelessness in Ireland is 'normal'
175
64.0k
Updated
Jan 8th 2019, 10:33 AM
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"
3
3.7k
Dec 14th 2018, 5:35 PM
Homelessness
'My dad was on heroin... I was put into care when I was 8': The experience of young homeless families
36
22.0k
Dec 13th 2018, 4:55 PM
Homeless figures
The number of homeless adults in Ireland has risen by 130 in the space of a month
49
12.1k
Nov 29th 2018, 1:00 PM
Housing First
The government is trying to reduce chronic homelessness ... Here's how Finland ended it
45
28.3k
Oct 25th 2018, 6:01 AM
Homelessness
Homeless figures remain below 10,000 ... but government says more categorisation issues identified
60
15.1k
Sep 27th 2018, 5:05 PM
Homelessness
Mother and one-year-old child walk streets waiting to hear about accommodation for the night
127
41.4k
Sep 6th 2018, 12:05 AM
department of housing
Child homelessness rises 35% during Eoghan Murphy's first year in office
101
16.3k
Jul 24th 2018, 4:02 PM