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Sr Stan, Founder of Focus Ireland, Dies at 86

National tributes highlight decades of work on homelessness, poverty, migrant inclusion.

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.