Episodes

  • Episode 6: How do you move on from homelessness?

    Episode 6: How do you move on from homelessness?
    Nov 11 2022
    In the final episode of the series Clare poses the question of moving on from the trauma of homelessness and how Focus Ireland support customers through trauma informed practices. Clare is joined by Paul Kelly, from youth services at Focus Ireland, and Catherine Keenan who has experienced homelessness trauma first hand.

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    30 mins
  • Episode 5: What can we learn from other countries about ending homelessness?

    Episode 5: What can we learn from other countries about ending homelessness?
    Nov 4 2022
    Clare is joined by internationally renowned Finnish homelessness expert Juha Kaakinen, formerly of the Y Foundation, and Joey McGoldrick who discuss homelessness prevention model Housing First's success in Finland and its application in Ireland.

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    34 mins
  • Episode 4: What should the Government be doing to tackle homelessness?

    Episode 4: What should the Government be doing to tackle homelessness?
    Oct 27 2022
    Mike Allen and Louise Bayliss from the Advocacy office at Focus Ireland are in the studio along with Professor Eoin O’Sullivan, School of Social Work and Social Policy, TCD. Clare unpacks the issue of the Government's role in the current crisis.

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    47 mins
  • Episode 3: What is homelessness? What is Focus Ireland doing to end homelessness?

    Episode 3: What is homelessness? What is Focus Ireland doing to end homelessness?
    Oct 21 2022

    In this episode Clare is joined by Focus Ireland Services' Leaders: Niamh Lambe; John O Haire and Adrian Quinn. They discuss what homelessness means for people experiencing it and how Focus Ireland supports people going through it.




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    55 mins
  • Episode 2: Why does Ireland have a homelessness crisis? The systems, historical and current, perpetuating the problem.

    Episode 2: Why does Ireland have a homelessness crisis? The systems, historical and current, perpetuating the problem.
    Oct 14 2022
    Clare speaks to Dr. Lorcan Sirr, Senior Lecturer in housing, planning and development, TUD and Kelly-Anne Byrne, Focus Ireland LEAP Ambassador.

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    52 mins
  • Episode 1: Who is homeless? The people behind the statistics.

    Episode 1: Who is homeless? The people behind the statistics.
    Sep 27 2022
    Newstalk Broadcaster, Clare McKenna, begins the series by talking with award winning journalist Kitty Holland. Clare is also joined by Joanne Beatty who talks about her experience of homelessness.

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    46 mins