We’re sleeping out against homelessness
For years, we've watched the homelessness crisis grow in Ireland. Thousands of children are caught in the middle of it, and it's simply not right. This isn't something we have to accept; it is a question of political will, and choice. And we can’t, as a nation, allow this to continue.
That’s why, as a team, we’re taking action. On Friday 10 October, we’ll be swapping our warm beds for sleeping bags to participate in the Workplace Sleep Out for Focus Ireland's Shine A Light. This isn't just about a single night of discomfort; it’s about raising absolutely critical funds for Focus Ireland to help them meet the growing demand for their services.
More than that, though, it’s about making a stand and saying that having thousands of children without a home is just unacceptable.
Please show your support by donating to our team's fundraising page: every contribution, big or small, gets us closer to creating a future where every child has a safe place to call home.
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50% of Fundraising Target
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Completed Sleepout
Thank you to our Sponsors
€746
Mf Coffee & Cakes Collection
€500
Brendan Slattery
Such a worthy cause. Impressed that so many colleagues are fundraising this year. Congratulations all of you for your choice, and best of luck with the night to come.
€364
Mf Coffee & Cakes Additional
€250
Georgina O’r
Well done all 👏
€250
Adrian F
Well done all!
€250
Mko
€250
Brendan &margaret Feeney
€250
Jen Halpin
Well done Team MF!! Sorry to have missed it this year.
€250
Mark White
Well done, MF Team. Such a worthy cause.
€250
Gary Mcsharry
Well done , Team MF !
€250
M L
Well done Helen
€200
Laura Treacy
Well done to everyone - a great cause!
€200
Fiona O'beirne
Well done everybody
€200
Anonymous
Best of Luck!
€200
Hugo, Florence And Filippa
Everyone deserves a home. We're really proud of you, stay warm and wear a wooly hat!!
€200
Anonymous
€150
Stephen Kilroy
Well done Helen for your enduring support. Good luck!
€150
Brian J Mcmullin Solicitors
Great effort and a fantastic initiative as always.
€150
Susan O'connell
Well done on another sleep out Helen! Hope it went well and sorry to have missed it this year x
€150
Maedhbh Clancy
Well done all!
€125
Paul Cullen
€125
John Loughrey
€125
Anita Conlan
Go Sabina!
€125
Suzanne Tracy
Best of luck Mairead, great cause. Hope you get a few winks 😉
€125
Darragh Murphy
Best of luck - filled with admiration!
€125
Michael Peart
Respect, Helen!
€125
David Dillon
Well done Michele!
€125
Anonymous
Well done Sib
€125
Gavin Kane
Well Done Holly, Fantastic Cause
€125
Saurabh Meher
€125
Daniel Shakeshaft
Awesome job Holly, so proud of you for getting involved. Danny.
€125
Catherine X
Hope it’s a good night!
€125
Cliona Kilroy
Well done Helen for your continued support to a great cause. From the Gibson clan
€125
Anonymous
€116
Christina Lauria
Congrats for making your goal and helping so many!
€100
El
Go James!
€100
The Daly Devereux’s
€100
Anonymous
€100
Romy Higgins
Best of luck Helen
€100
Sam Saarsteiner
Well done Helen. A worthy cause if ever there was one.
€100
Sinead Ryan
I hope the sleep out went well. Was thinkingbof you when I arrived back to my warm safe home last night.
€100
Ann Henry
Well done Helen - worthy cause.
€100
Anonymous
€100
Graham Kenny
Well done.
€100
Anonymous
Well done Soracha
€100
Rb
Well done for doing this again & highlighting such a worthy cause.
€100
David Mccann
€100
Anonymous
Best of luck Emma - hope it’s a dry night xx
€100
Anonymous
€100
Philip Brady
This better be worth it
€100
David
Hope you are able to have a dry and warm night
€100
Deirdre Mc Dermott
Well done Helen
€100
Ml
Well done Helen
€100
Daragh & Orla Kelly
Best of luck Abbey
€100
Margaret Maverley
Best of luck Elena to you and your colleagues on the SleepOut for Focus Ireland.
€100
Izzy Kenny
You go girl!!
€100
Foley
Best of luck Abbey.
€100
Anonymous
€100
Anonymous
€100
Aileen Kinsella
Well done Helen, hope it stays dry :)
€100
R & A
Well done James
€100
Clarilis Ltd
€100
Rosie
You’ve slept in worse conditions!
€100
Eamonn Ohanrahan
Best wishes to you all for doing this.
€100
Sarah Chaney
In awe of you ! Stay warm.
€90
Eileen, Nicola, David Cotter
Best of Luck Sabina
€87
Michael Murphy
Well done to you and the wider McCann FitzGerald crew.
€87
Anonymous
€87
Pat Daly
Well done James
€87
Dean Galvin
Well done Ava, incredible cause!!
€80
Anonymous
€75
Bebhinn
€60
Siân Mcguinness
€56
Rebecca & Kevin Foley
Well done Holly , Love Mam and Dad
€56
Gemma O'connell
Well done Michele!!
€56
Anonymous
Best of luck Elena! J, M, A and E x
€56
Camille
The very best of luck Uthman
€56
Rory Dillon
Very proud of you James. Dad
€56
Liz Hennessy
€56
Sandra Egan
€56
Christina
Thanks Ava for leading this initiative! Happy to support you.
€56
Rachel Urbino
Thanks for your caring ♥️
€56
Anonymous
Well done 👍 Holly you have a good heart ❤️
€56
Anonymous
€56
Robert Shakeshaft
Good job Holly 👏
€56
Rory Dilon
Very proud of you. Dad
€56
Nigel Carey
Good on you Uthman, happy to help ❤️
€56
Barry Bryan
It's a great effort you're taking on Sabina. I'm sure that your one night of discomfort will equate to many nights of comfort for many suffering kids.
€56
Anne Adeniyi
All the best
€56
Clodagh Hewins
Great cause Ava, will be thinking of you x
€56
Rosaleen Byrne
Well done everyone for taking this on. It is an incredible thing to do. Best of Luck.
€56
Doreen Ryan
Well done Ashley
€50
Ray Hunt
€50
Joey And Siobhán
Fair play Billy 👏
€50
Priscilla O'regan
Well done for raising funds for Focus Ireland to allow them to meet the growing demand for their services.
€50
Do Worry About It
I want video evidence of the full 2-4 sleep cycles (6-8hrs)
€50
Sarah Begley
Good Luck Elena!
€50
Jane Corr
Well done Mairead for highlighting such a good cause
€50
Louise J
Fair play Mairead. Its a great cause
€50
Lisa B
Best of luck Helen and all taking part - well done on doing this again
€50
Lai A
Great cause, Mairead.
€50
Patricia Tiernan
Good luck! X
€50
John Hennessy
Best of luck Mairead
€50
Anonymous
Well done Soracha Glad it wasn’t last Friday night ☔️☔️
€50
Anonymous
€50
Liam O'donnell-carey
€50
John
Well done Soracha
€50
Mick B
€50
Mark Lenahan
Good luck Mairéad and thank you for doing this!
€50
Anonymous
Action speaks….u really make a difference ,
€50
Kathryn Fox
Best of luck Máiréad, fair play to you and your colleagues
€50
Noel Ryan
Best of luck Mairead
€50
Jane Delany
Well done Sabina. 👍🥰
€50
Kathy Cunningham
Great effort for a great cause Helen, well done to you and everyone else taking part.
€50
Liz Conroy
Go Mairéad! Such a great cause.
€50
Gerard Hennessy
Well done James. Gerard
€50
Anonymous
Best of luck Lauren !!!
€50
Peter Hurley
€50
Michael Howard
Well done Helen. You should get a Long Service Award for participation in the annual sleepout.
€50
Darren Armstrong
€50
Darragh Murray
€50
Deborah Power
Great cause best of luck x
€50
Wez And Emma Donohoe
Well done Bill
€50
Patrick Derwin
Well done Lauren.
€50
Karen Lyons
Well done Mairead 👏
€50
Anne Carroll
Great cause , good luck
€50
William Browne
€50
Gemma Treacy
€50
Brendan Murphy
€50
David Mcc
€50
Laura Cullen
€50
Damien Derwin
€50
Bronagh De Zanet
Well done Helen and Team 👏
€50
Caroline
Very proud!
€50
Caroline
Very proud!
€50
Ray Hunt
€50
Ray Hunt
€50
Sarah
Best of luck Emma, lucky it’s going to stay dry for you xxx
€50
Ray Hunt
€50
Aisling And Colm Barry
Go Ash!
€50
Anonymous
€50
Anonymous
€50
Pauric Doherty
€50
Muireann Coveney
Well done Team MF!
€50
Michael Mullen
Great cause Mairéad!
€50
Abiola Sasore
€50
Ray Hunt
€50
Alice Dunphy
€50
Grace Best
Best of luck Elena and all the team!
€50
Ian Derwin
€50
Ray Hunt
€50
Alison
Well done Helen you’re brilliant
€50
Noreen Kelly
Well done Soracha and team
€50
Isaac Adeniyi
Well done Uthman
€50
Maeve W
Great cause Mairéad.
€50
P W
Well done killers
€50
Ray Hunt
€50
Maria Whelan
Good luck and well done Helen and team!
€45
Joan Thompson
€40
Anonymous
€40
Darragh Murray
G'wan Soracha!
€40
Aaron Foley
€40
Jacob Shakespeare
You d best x
€40
Anonymous
€35
Ciara Mcgarrity
Good Luck Sabina 💫
€35
Joanna Dullaghan
This is such a great cause well done Victoria on all your efforts to raise / donate Good luck
€35
Anonymous
€35
Angela Maher
Well done Sib 👏
€35
Niamh Nic Carthaigh
Really great cause. Best of luck Sib.
€30
Eimear Fogarty
€30
Seb
Cheering you on Mairead. Thanks for supporting such a great cause!
€30
Andreia Martins
Great cause, Mairead! You have my support!
€30
Joan Donlon
Good luck Ava.
€30
Adam Coleman
Im donating for the cause. Not because you told me to
€30
Anonymous
€30
Tasha Hale
Proud of you!!!
€30
Shauna Brady
Keep up the good work 😊
€30
Jessica Harte
Well done Tori!!
€30
Darren Doherty
€30
Laura Brady
You go girl
€30
Anonymous
Very good for doing this
€30
Marian Boyle
Best of luck Emma
€30
Orlaith Craven
€30
Kelly Harron
€30
Peter Dillon
€30
Áine Boyle
Fair play Emma, very proud!
€30
Ellen
Best of luck Sabina
€30
Anonymous
€30
Ryan Boyle
Good luck Emma fair play!
€25
Anonymous
€25
Joanne Smith
€25
Dami
Doing great things bro
€25
Joan Mannion
€25
Noel Mannion
€25
Bébhinn
€25
Elaine Russell Reolfi
Thank you for helping people who are unhoused!
€25
Sheena Mcloughlin
Best of luck Sabina x
€25
Eoghan Quinn
Good luck!
€25
Dad
Best of luck ash xx dad
€25
Russell Sahadi
Well, done Ava. My entire career included service on nonprofit boards, fundraising and volunteerism for agencies in the community just like this. Proud of you!
€25
Mairead Cullen
Well done, keep warm on the night
€25
Sean O Donovan
Best of luck Ashley
€25
Imelda
Will done Ash
€25
Anonymous
€25
Anonymous
€25
Bryan Armstrong
€25
Bridget Howard
Well done Lauren!!
€25
Sarah Shakespeare
Fair play Ava
€25
Lorraine Bolton
€25
Michele Quinn
€20
Kevin O'connell
Well done Suhaib
€20
Peter Nugent
€20
Anonymous
€20
Kate Honan
Best of Luck Elena!
€20
Grainne Madden
€20
Anonymous
€20
Des Wilson
€20
Niamh Wilkinson
Well done Holly.
€20
Amy Cummins
Best of Luck Elena
€20
Anonymous
€20
Ruairi Green
€20
Romeo Urgel
€20
Conor C
Well done Emma!
€20
Anonymous
Best of luck Soracha
€20
Georgia Duffy
Good luck Victoria!
€20
Eimear Power
Best of luck Elena :)
€20
Anonymous
€20
Lauren Tracey
€20
Anonymous
€20
Grainne
Well done, Suhaib
€20
Therese O'keeffe
€20
Emily Hetherton
€20
Eoin O'neill
€20
Rob Kavanagh
€20
Aoibhinn Mcdonald
€20
Mary And Donie
From Mary and Donie. Good luck Lauren
€20
Catherine Brady
Best of luck Mairead
€20
Jack Mccarthy
€20
Brian Torley
€20
Erika Dunne
€20
Emma-jane Power
€20
Jason
€20
Aoife Davey
Fair play Sib such an important cause x
€20
Anonymous
Well done victoria 💕💕
€20
Davina Henderson
€20
Luke Cullen
€20
Sheelagh Daffy Reidy
Well done Caitlin!
€20
Ben Gannon
€20
Ann Greaney
€20
Gary Brennan
Well done Mairead.
€20
Cadhla Duffy
€20
Iva Hardy
€20
Deirdre Hoctor
Best of luck Ashley x
€20
Dr. Mantis Toboggan
€20
Shirley Torley
€20
Catherine Lyons
€20
John Dwyer
Well done sibs
€20
Niamh
Well Done Helen - great cause
€20
Jr
Well done Helen !
€20
Paul Cahill
€20
Karl And Sharon Pollock
€20
Joy
Best of luck ashley
€20
Stephanie Mckenna
Well done ash u doing a great job xx
€20
Eadaoin Dowling
€20
David Danagher
€20
Christy Hynes
Best wishes Mairead. Admire you for putting yourself forward for this
€20
Lorraine Torley
€20
Tina And Noel
Well done ash tina and noel
€20
Foc
€20
Orla Courtney
Well done all.
€20
Lorne Gallagher
€20
Hannah Moore
€20
Aoife Healy
Well done Lainey 💛
€20
Mia Begley O'byrne
Best of luck Sib x
€20
Eimear Mc Callion
Well done Lainey 🫶🏽
€20
Anonymous
€20
Mary Carmody
€20
Holly Foley
€20
Larisa
€20
Anonymous
best of luck!!
€20
Kirsty Arrigan
€20
Anonymous
Well done!
€20
Darren Donnelly
Fair play Emma
€20
Pb
Stay warm 👏
€20
Ross Phelan
You won't last 10 minutes
€20
Conor B
Bravo Ava 👏🏻
€20
Meadhbh And Mark Fitzgerald
€20
Emily Clifford
Good luck Lauren - proud of you!!
€20
Mandy Case
Well Done Holly x
€20
Rachael Smith
€20
Tina O'kelly
Fair play to ya Ashley
€20
Joan Johnson
€20
Dominika Lewandowska
€20
Carrie Wood
Well done Holly , from Carrie
€20
Nessa
€20
Anonymous
€20
Luke Collins
€20
Lorraine Dixon
€20
Anonymous
€20
Jackie Landers
Well Done Holly
€20
Anonymous
Well done Ashley 👏 xxx
€20
Sarah
Gwan, ya good thing
€20
Robbie Doyle
Best of luck Rebecca!
€20
Ryan
<3
€20
Ciara Dooley
€20
Ellie Varley
€20
Teresa Donohoe
Proud of you 🩷
€20
Henry Cummins
€20
Breda C
Well done Ashley
€20
Jamie Crothers
Great stuff Ava!
€20
Caoimhe Gethings
€20
Cora Wilson
Great cause Abbey. Good luck X
€20
Paul Wilson
€20
Kit Mcnamara
Very brave young lady keep warm xxx
€20
Aishat Asubiaro
Goodluck Uthman!!
€20
Mairead Flynn
€20
Anonymous
Go girl xx
€20
Aisling Smyth
Well done Emma
€20
Nicola Moran
€20
Aisling Smyth
Well done Ava
€20
Sharon Keogh
Good luck ❤
€20
Aisling Smyth
Well done Holly
€20
Sandra Greaney
Best of luck lauren! X
€20
Margaret Shovlin
€20
Niamh And Derek
Good luck Ashley
€20
Fergal Lynch
I hope it snows tonight
€20
Ciaran Bohan
Best of luck Abbey & all
€20
Siobhan Daly
Best of luck Lauren
€20
Clare Hyland
€20
Kieran M
Well done Emma!
€20
Anonymous
€20
Anonymous
Well done, best of luck with the fundraiser.
€20
Amy Mcc
€20
Dearbhaill
All the best for the sleep out Suhaib, make sure to wear lots of layers.
€15
Ann O'connell
€15
Shannon Murphy
A very worthy cause - well done to all involved!
€15
Grace Browne
€15
Caoilinn Devins
€15
Anonymous
Good luck All!
€15
Charlotte Jones
€15
Hannah Collins
€15
Julia Best, Anna Geraghty, James Dundon ^
Tennis - Julia, Anna, James
€15
Caoilinn Devins
€15
Anonymous
€15
Jaya
Good luck Tori! x
€15
Saurabh Meher
Good work. Stay warm.
€15
Henry Sheehy O'shea
€15
Joey Kavanagh
€15
Amy Finnegan
💛💛💛
€11
Sarah Harris
€10
Avril Power
Well done Holly.
€10
Bobby O’mahony
€10
Florence Maughan
Well done Lainey 👏
€10
Liz Lottering
Best of luck Mairead. Great cause!
€10
Jenna Skinner
Well done Rebecca!!
€10
Seodhna Hoey
€10
Majella Votta
€10
Kate Loughrey
Amazing work James!
€10
Anonymous
€10
Lisa Keohane
Best of luck, Holly.
€10
Karla Grimes
So proud of you and all you do girly 🫶🏻
€10
Nicola
Don’t forget your hip flask
€10
Rebekah Evans
Well done Sabina!
€10
Annie
€10
Sadbh Rohu
€10
Michael Coffey
€10
Emily Walsh
€10
Samuel Lyons
Great cause, well done
€10
Ankit Dutta
€10
Bridget Gallagher
Best of luck Holly!
€10
Bridget Gallagher
Best of luck Lauren!
€10
Laura Campbell
€10
Bridget Gallagher
Best of luck Uthman!
€10
Bridget Gallagher
Best of luck Ava!
€10
Lisa Barrett
Great cause!
€10
Ellen Leavy
€10
Bridget Gallagher
Best of luck Emma!
€10
Brooklynn
€10
Teresa Donohoe
€10
Ellen Leavy
€10
Olivia Bruen
go emma🥳🩷
€10
Tony Lee-donohue
€10
Kerry Tiernan
€10
Dylan Hogan
€10
Bridget Gallagher
Best of luck Ash!
€10
Jennifer Flahive
Well done 👍
€10
Bridget Gallagher
Best of luck Caitlin!
€10
Sarah O’connor
Good luck
€10
Anonymous
€10
Katie Mallon
€10
Anonymous
€10
Aoibhín Collins
€10
Kate Madden
€10
Bernadette Mcnamara
€10
Emily Lundy
Good luck Tori!
€10
Jack Shannon
€10
Michael Coffey
€10
Eleni
Eleni and Ben - tennis
€10
Dani Kane
For a great cause Ava.
€10
Emma Woulfe
€10
Yuliia Borovyk
€10
Anonymous
€10
Heff
Well done Khan
€10
Eva Maguire
€10
Adam Connolly
Best of luck Tori!
€10
Margaret Torley
€10
Jonathan
€10
Aisling Whelan
Well done Victoria!! so impressive. Thank you for the key ring :)
€10
Irene O'connor
Well done!
€10
Christopher Hennessy
€10
Aoife
Good luck Holly!
€10
Irene O'connor
€10
Aoife
Good luck Lauren!
€10
Irene O'connor
€10
Dal O’neill
€10
Aoife
Good luck Uthman!
€10
Aoife
Good luck Ava!
€10
Aoife
Good luck Emma!
€10
Aoife
Good luck Ash!
€10
Sophie
Well done Elena 👏
€10
Aoife
Good luck Caitlin!
€10
Nicola Ferguson
🫶🫶🫶
€10
Anonymous
€10
Ferdia Lyons
€10
Ciara Odonnell
€10
Clodagh Dunne
€10
June Bolger
Good luck Holly
€10
Anonymous
€10
Shauna Myles
Best of Luck Rebecca!
€10
Essie Byrne
Best of luck Aunty Ava
€10
Duck
Slept in worse conditions I’d say
€10
Sgt. Seymour Skinner
I'll lend you my book for the night - Billy and the Cloneasaurus
€10
Anonymous
€10
Irene O'connor
Well done!
€10
Zenat Adegoke
Good luck!!
€10
Irene O'connor
Well done!
€10
Gary Carbery
Great stuff well done
€10
Irene O'connor
Well done
€10
Irene O'connor
Well done
€10
Mary Neville
Well Done Ava
€10
Mary Neville
Well Done Emma
€10
Mary
Well Done Ashley
€10
Mary Neville
Well Done Caitlin
€10
Mary Neville
Well Done Holly
€10
Mary
Well Done Lauren
€10
Pavan Tijare
Well Done, Suhaib
€10
Anonymous
GOOD LUCK & Well done!
€10
Amanda Tso
Well done Tori!! ♥️
€10
Mary Neville
Well Done Uthman
€10
Aoife Shakespeare
€10
Louise Colgan
tennis
€10
Sophie Goulding
€10
Leah Wilson
€10
Stephen Murphy
€10
Grainne Fagan
€10
Cora Mc Crystal
Great cause 👏
€10
Fiona G
€10
Jc
€10
Fionn Kelly
€10
Rebecca Roberts
€9
Asad Nawaz
Well done James 💤😴
€5
Annie Wall
€5
Anne-marie Byrne
Well done Holly
€5
Cushla
€5
Íde Uí Chonduin
Go néirí ádh leat Holly!!!
€5
St.john Dundon
Tennis 🎾
€5
Molly
€5
Saya O’sullivan
€5
Aisling O Connor
€5
Roisin Murphy
€5
Tony Mcbrien
€5
Hugo Kennedy
€5
Rachel Brady
Thanks so much for the tennis lessons! Best of luck with the sleep out!!
€5
Saira Khan
€5
Anonymous
€5
Anonymous
€5
Jessica Mcnamara
Ur welk
€5
Maria Sproule
€5
Anonymous
€5
Molly Kennedy
€5
Aoibhín Collins
€5
Declan Nell
€5
Lion
€5
Eliza
€5
Anonymous
Hi
€5
Jenny Warren
Best of luck!
€5
Damo
Well done
€5
Jenny Warren
Best of luck!
€5
Jenny Warren
Best of luck!
€5
Jenny Warren
Best of luck!
€5
Jenny Warren
Best of luck!
€5
Jenny Warren
€5
Jenny Warren
€5
Edel Cummins
Well done Ashley
€5
Anonymous
Laoise Murray - Tennis
€5
Aoife Stewart
Best of luck Victoria!
€5
Ciara Cummins
€5
Helen Arundel
€5
Sorchadh Higgins
€1
Anonymous
Well done son, proud of you
Our Team Members
Sabina Cotter
€1,251
Helen Kilroy
€2,822
James Dillon
€403
Stephen Holst
Victoria O'Connor
€1,115
Lauren Derwin
€540
Ava MCann
€1,000
Emma Brady
€620
Holly Foley
€829
Uthman Adegoke
€1,210
Ashley Donohoe
€856
Caitlin McNamara
€280
Emma Taheny
€510
Sorcha Henderson
€550
James Bourke
€717
Grace Feeney
€300
Shreya Jain
Saurabh Meher
€135
Cian Dwyer
Elena Cuddy
€390
Ciaradh Connolly
Suhaib Khan
€230
Kate Mannion
€262
Michele Quinn
€206
Mairéad Cullen
€1,560
Abigail Kelly
€315
Rebecca Pollock
€160
Our Fundraising Journey
