The nationwide Shine A Light campaign is taking place tonight and aims to raise 1-point-4 million euro to help end homelessness.
More than 30 people will sleep out for Focus Ireland in Cork City Gaol tonight
Cork remains the county with the second-highest homeless population in Ireland at 553 and last year Focus Ireland supported 680 households in Cork who were homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Jesse Weisblatt from Focus Ireland says families in homelessness need support
"So we were really trying to bring awareness to the families and the children that might be in school with our own children, or might be at work with us, and they're unseen. They're living in our communities, and we need to show them that they're not forgotten, and that there is a next step for them"
