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From the times today
Injunction prevents council from evicting family
A Dublin family has secured a temporary High Court injunction preventing South Dublin County Council from evicting them from their home of almost 30 years.

David and Catherine McGowan, who live with their three adult children and two grandchildren at Cushlawn Park, Tallaght, fear they are in danger of imminent eviction due to a dispute over rent arrears, the court heard.

The house is subject to a tenancy agreement between the council and the McGowans since they moved in 28 years ago. The council claims there are rent arrears of €23,740. It secured a warrant for possession earlier this year.







Right, I thought these poor people can't keep up with their rent (even if it is at council house rates)...Probing a bit further I found this about the same family and lost all sympathy


June 19 2012 Judge evicts family on €1k a week for €20k arrears
Aisling Ni Bhroin, senior staff officer in the County Council’s Housing Department, told the court that Mrs McGowan and her three children had weekly income of €1,180 on top of the undisclosed earnings of her taxi driver husband and the children’s father.

Ms Ni Bhroin said a working daughter had a wage of €542 a week; another working daughter was receiving €262 a week maternity benefit; Mrs McGowan was receiving a weekly disability allowance of €188 and the couple’s son was on a weekly €188 job search payment.

She said Mr McGowan was self employed but had failed to furnish documentary evidence of what he was earning. The weekly rent was €169 which had been reduced from €188 following an assessment.






Btw they are suing Ireland

The family has also brought proceedings against Ireland and the Attorney General claiming section 62 of the 1966 Housing Act, on foot of which the council moved to secure the possession order, is unconstitutional.




1. €169 rent/week split between the 4 adults is €42.25 each, surely this would have been manageable??

2. Also 2 children living there ( so they had childrens allowance on top of their income)

3. I think this is the real issue - they will, more than likely, be demanding all to be housed together in say a six bedroom house (IMHO)

If evicted, the family feared there was no prospect they would be accommodated together, Mr Bradley said.



:rolleyes:Some people in this country expect everything handed to them from the state and don't seen to realise what an easy ride they have been given:mad:


Should they be removed or do you approve?


I vote remove