Irish actor announced as the campaign ambassador for Radio Nova's 2016 ‘Help Our Homeless Radiothon’ in aid of Focus Ireland.

“It seems to be almost explicit Government policy that people are expected to live below that poverty line and we see the consequences” - Mike Allen of Focus Ireland.

Last year, students raised €183,000 for homeless charities and this year's sleep-out is to aid Focus Ireland, the Peter McVerry Trust and Home Again.

“Homeless families will end up having to sleep in Garda stations and hospital emergency departments for Christmas,” Jesuit warns.

“Christmas should be a time of joy for people to gather and share the happiness of the season in their own homes."

Package does not address the level of rent supplement and the actions of banks when they repossess the properties of buy-to-let landlords.

"There is nothing to slow down the shocking number of families becoming homeless."

“We must not shy away from highlighting that homelessness has now deepened from a crisis situation to a national emergency.”

“The great support we get means we are able to provide a permanent place to call home for up to 650 households who were homeless or at risk."

“When a family with 3 children under the age of 5 are sleeping outside in a park somebody needs to hold their head in shame and resign. A heartbreaking sight.”

“One of the most appalling things is that families are becoming homeless, and last month 70 families became homeless. That's two or three new families every day.”

Of the 71 families referred to Focus Ireland by four Dublin authorities, 63 had never been homeless before.

411 families in emergency accommodation with 911 children according to Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE).

Need for legislation to create ‘rent certainty’ in the private rented sector which would counter rent inflation.

New figures released by Focus Ireland show the number of homeless families in Dublin alone rose to 450 over the first 11 months of this year.

Gift from the farmers of Ireland aims to raise money for the homeless.

It will take at least 18 months until the new plan begins to deliver the first homes for people in need.

Ten families a day becoming homeless in Dublin Sr Stan warns Govt and demands an effective short-term strategy to tackle the crisis.

"Looking after children is how you define a society’" - yet in Ireland today, one in ten children lives in consistent poverty.

32-page Irish Independent supplement on the women who have helped shape the country.

Taoiseach's appearance in Focus Ireland video provokes criticism saying Govt has done nothing to ameliorate plight of homeless.

In Cork, some families are living in cars, others are broken up, with mothers and children under 12 going to one centre, fathers to another, and teenage boys to emergency foster care, reports Focus Ireland Cork.

“One family a day loses their home and becomes homeless in Dublin alone,” Sr Stan warns.

Homeless charity warns housing crisis cannot be solved without substantial Government investment in public housing.

More than 170 families being accommodated in single hotel rooms across Dublin.

Europe has 11 million empty homes - enough to house all of the Continent's homeless twice.

Dublin City Council moves to increase funding to frontline homeless services.

‘Shine A Light Night 2013' seeking to raise €500,000 for Focus Ireland.