‘Trauma after trauma’ – 3, 962 children living in emergency accommodation at Christmas
Ireland’s homeless crisis is worsening and not enough is being done to help families who are struggling. This Christmas, 3, 962 children were living in homeless emergency accommodation. The number is near impossible to wrap your head around. No child deserves to spend ‘the most wonderful time of the year’ in a hotel room. They […]
2 years ago
Child among homeless people who died in Dublin in 2023
A boy aged under 17 was one of the homeless people who died in Dublin this year. 20 homeless people were confirmed to have died in the first four months of 2023 alone. Dublin Region Homeless Executive to Aontu, Peadar Toibin released the data through a Freedom of Information request. The data also confirmed four […]
3 years ago
Lone parents and their kids account for over 50% of homeless families
Only 25% of lone parents owned a home. New research has found that lone parents and their children account for 53% of homeless families in Ireland. Lone parents are more likely to experience poor housing and housing struggles more than any other type of family. The research was conducted by the Irish Human Rights and […]
5 years ago
Christmas FM aims to raise €250k to support 5,000 Irish children living in poverty
Christmas FM will return to the airwaves this November. Christmas may be another couple of months away, but we’re more than ready for Christmas FM to make its welcome return to the airwaves! The merry station has just announced its official charity partner for 2021. They confirmed that Barnardos is their charity partner for the […]
5 years ago
Irish mum shares videos of what her daily life is like in emergency accommodation
There are currently hundreds of families in emergency accommodation. Most of us couldn’t imagine living and trying to look after our children in a hotel room for an extended period of time, but unfortunately for many families across Ireland they have no other option. Mum Shannon Byrne recently shared a video of her daily morning […]
6 years ago
This year’s ‘Shine a Light’ on homelessness initiative is asking us all to sleep outside ONE night
Annual Shine a Light Night returns for 2020 with an appeal to the general public to get involved. This year’s Shine A Light Night initiative is calling on people all over the country to sleep out for one night and raise funds to help Focus Ireland’s vital services. As a result of the Covid-19 impact […]
6 years ago