Overview
- Religious Sisters of Charity confirmed Sister Stanislaus Kennedy died Monday morning at St Francis Hospice in Blanchardstown.
- Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris praised her as a tireless advocate who informed policy and supported people on the margins.
- After researching homelessness in Dublin, she founded Focus Point in 1985, now Focus Ireland, which became a leading voice on housing and support services.
- She established the Immigrant Council of Ireland in 2001, with the organisation crediting her guidance as pivotal to its mission.
- Coverage also notes the 2009 Ryan Report’s findings of abuse at a Kilkenny home where she had lived and worked, which she said she first learned of in 1995.