Focus Ireland’s coffee shop on Eustace Street, in Dublin’s Temple Bar, is a hub of activity before lunchtime on Monday.
Founded by Sr Stanislaus Kennedy in 1986 as a place for the capital’s “hidden homeless” to seek advice and information about finding a home over a cup of coffee, the project soon expanded under her vision to include a 365-day cafe with subsidised hot meals.
The death of the social justice campaigner, affectionately known as Sr Stan, was announced just a few hours before the shop opened its br
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