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This morning.

Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin

Fine Gael Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Eoghan Murphy with Fr Peter McVerry Founder, Peter McVerry Homeless Trust at the launch of the homeless charity’s Annual Report .

The report urges the Government to “switch its funding to more effective forms of responding to homelessness”, such as Housing First, rather than continue to rely on emergency accommodation.

Read full report here

Meanwhile…

Yesterday.

Focus Ireland founder Sr. Stan (back left) launched the charity’s urgent Christmas appeal along with Sean Wade, Sarah Moran and their children Zoe (front left), Summer (front right)) and Sean (aged one, in pram)) who were previously homeless and secured a home with the support of Focus Ireland.

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When Your Country Is A Weapon – Erin Fornorff

America-born, Dublin-based spoken word artist Erin Fornoff writes:

A poem about Christmas, and the election, and the birth of Jesus, and mayonnaise in holiday ads. It’s only got a shelf-life of another week so I’d love for people to see it.

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Ireland is…

Aidan Strangeman writes:

On December 5, I put up a message asking the members of popular Irish Facebook forum, OMGWACA, to contribute lines to a poem called “Ireland Is…” (based on a poem by Colm Keegan). Out of hundreds of suggestions, I collated the most popular lines and posted the poem on the forum….

The result proved to be popular and it was suggested that we should make a video with various members saying selected lines for charitable cause, and given the references to the house and home, Focus Ireland was the obvious choice.

Donate here

Produced by Bob Murphy
Music by Hugh Rodgers

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This morning.

Dublin city centre.

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This afternoon.

Focus Ireland, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

Glen Hansard and members of the High Hopes choir, including top, from left: Kathleena Twomey and Emma Richardson helping to “put human faces to the homeless crisis:’ with a special visit to the Focus Ireland coffee shop.

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This morning.

Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

Michelle Moran and Roughan Mac Namara of homeless charity Focus Ireland launch the charity’s new campaign which is calling for “Government legislation to fully protect Irish homes from the threat posed by vulture funds”.

More at VultureShock

Previously: A Rising Shame

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At the Aviva Lansdowne Road Nua

Daniel Eastbury writes:

Three Ireland announced before this year’s RBS 6 Nations that it was giving Focus Ireland a million Euro marketing campaign entitled “Together we can Tackle Homelessness”. Reflecting on the campaign to date, Irish rugby star and Three ambassador, Johnny Sexton, alongside Irish head coach Joe Schmidt and former team kit man Rala gave their thoughts to Roisin McDonnell of Focus ireland.

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Zebra-patterned ear muffs?

Again?

Malahide, Co Dublin yesterday.

The launch of Beloved, Focus Ireland’s first retail store trading in pre-loved clothes, gifts and whatnot in time for Yule.

From top: Models Sophia Polz (left) and Naoise McDonnell and from left: Sophia, actress Susan Loughnane (centre) and Naoise all sporting clothes from the Beloved ‘collection’.

Collection.

Suit yourselves.

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A literally touching visit by President Higgins and Sabina to The Focus Ireland Coffee Shop in Temple Bar, Dublin this afternoon.

From top: Sabina (left) Mick Condron, Paul Keegan, Lisa McEnroe, Stephen McGrath, Joanne McCabe and Michael Kell; Squee with James McGuirk: Squee with Tom Thompson (2nd from right) and Paul Uzell.

Meanwhile, if you’re free on Friday…

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Window squeeners Mabel Farrell Byrne, left, and Taiga Teir from The Embassy School, Dublin, launching Norma Smurfit’s Spring Clean for Charity Sale on Sunday March 11 in the RDS in aid of St Vincent de Paul and Focus Ireland.

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