Roof top protest Dun Laoghaire

Noggle

Anybody got the story on this?

anymore

Noggle wrote: »

Anybody got the story on this?

Does it refer to the Pat Kenmy story, now carried by Sats papers where a family who havent paid rent in over two years to Co Council are now being presented as ' victims' by the ' Not for profit alliance' ?
They have racked up arrears of € 12,000 in rent !

Pauleta

I cant 100% confirm this but one of the family is a member of the "People Before Profit" Alliance. I have seen him canvassing with one of the councilors.

anymore

Pauleta wrote: »

I cant 100% confirm this but one of the family is a member of the "People Before Profit" Alliance. I have seen him canvassing with one of the councilors.

. So that explains why one of the NFP people, Councillor Richard Boyd-Barrett I think, was involved with the affair - I think he was speaking on the Pat Kenny Show about it.

rightwingdub

They raked up debts of over €12k over anumber of years, I'm sure DLRCC gave them plenty of time to come to an amicable solution regarding rent arrears, if this was America they would have been kicked out a fter a couple of months arrears no doubt, they made their own bed and can go lie in it, anyway theye would have been entitled to rent allowance would they not?

Breezer

Anybody got a link to this?

anymore

Breezer wrote: »

Anybody got a link to this?

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/family-evicted-despite-plea-for-mercy-over-unpaid-rent-2181347.html


More than 4,000 people are on the council's housing waiting list.
The family, which rented the home for €100 a week, had run-up arrears of €12,500 up to last September.

Taxipete29

rightwingdub wrote: »

They raked up debts of over €12k over anumber of years, I'm sure DLRCC gave them plenty of time to come to an amicable solution regarding rent arrears, if this was America they would have been kicked out a fter a couple of months arrears no doubt, they made their own bed and can go lie in it, anyway theye would have been entitled to rent allowance would they not?

Rent allowance is for people on welfare in private rented accomadation. If you are in a Council house you pay rent to the Council. The figure is arrived at by taking into account the incomes of the people in the house and is usually quite low.

How the hell people rack up 12k rent in a council house is beyond me.

anymore

Taxipete29 wrote: »

Rent allowance is for people on welfare in private rented accomadation. If you are in a Council house you pay rent to the Council. The figure is arrived at by taking into account the incomes of the people in the house and is usually quite low.

How the hell people rack up 12k rent in a council house is beyond me.

When Pat Kenny asked the Not For Profit spkesman that he glossed over ot quickly " circumstances". The answer of course is that they simply did not pay and the Council did everything it could and still they did not pay. How many local politicians will stand up and say these people should have been evicted a ling time ago ?
That is the problem with irish Society - these people are treated as ' victims '.

mcmickey

Pauleta wrote: »

I cant 100% confirm this but one of the family is a member of the "People Before Profit" Alliance. I have seen him canvassing with one of the councilors.

If the "People Before Profit" Alliance are so woorried about them, then why don't they pay the €12,000 bill ?

Guy:Incognito

"Mr Boyd-Barrett said the family had been remiss in allowing the arrears to climb but there had been family difficulties for a period"

For a period? €12500 at €100 a week equates to not paying a penny for a full two and a half years.

rightwingdub

Stekelly wrote: »

"Mr Boyd-Barrett said the family had been remiss in allowing the arrears to climb but there had been family difficulties for a period"

For a period? €12500 at €100 a week equates to not paying a penny for a full two and a half years.

Plenty of families have family difficulties but they still are able to pay their rents, I also wish county councils would take a tougher stance on people who have fallen into arrears in this country.

MagicSean

Taxipete29 wrote: »

Rent allowance is for people on welfare in private rented accomadation. If you are in a Council house you pay rent to the Council. The figure is arrived at by taking into account the incomes of the people in the house and is usually quite low.

How the hell people rack up 12k rent in a council house is beyond me.

Beer, fags and satellite tv?

rightwingdub

k_mac wrote: »

Beer, fags and satellite tv?

In some cases don't forget drugs:D

MagicSean

rightwingdub wrote: »

In some cases don't forget drugs:D

Now now, lets not delve into stereotypes. I wonder does the sheriff get to keep the 42" plasma?

Taxipete29

Its people like this that make everyone unsympathetic in general to those in troubled financial circumstances.

The only question is how long before they are recieving rent allowance for private rented accomadation.

Wolfe Tone

These people should have been kicked out months ago. 12k? Seriously, 2 and a half years of not paying rent? Who the hell do these people think they are? Entitled to free housing?
Jesus Christ people like this make me sick. No doubt they had enough money for "essentials" such as a plasma TV, Petrol and a Sky/Internet subscription. Trow them in jail I say!

Colonel Sanders

I was browsing through one of the red tops in the barbers yesterday. They carried this story & called the woman's protest 'heroic' (their was a picture of her up on a ladder smoking a cigarette). If this is the rubbish that a large proportion of the population read as their one and only fix of 'news' then heaven help us

Pauleta

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

I was browsing through one of the red tops in the barbers yesterday. They carried this story & called the woman's protest 'heroic' (their was a picture of her up on a ladder smoking a cigarette). If this is the rubbish that a large proportion of the population read as their one and only fix of 'news' then heaven help us

€8.40 for a pack of cigs and lets just say 20 a day, which is €58.80 a week. Assuming the husband smokes as well that comes to €117.60. Still cant pay the rent? Cigarettes are a luxury not a necessity like rent is. I say this as a smoker myself but if it comes down to paying the rent or smoking i will pay the rent. These people are clearly taking the piss.

Somebody told me there is a protest march in Dun Laoghaire tomorrow :rolleyes:

Zynks

I read somewhere that she had asthma....so what was she doing smoking?

I think it will be great if People Before Profit drive this protest so everyone sees clearly what they stand for.

We need a culture of no tolerance to 'milking the system', no matter at what end of the socio-economic scale.

rightwingdub

Pauleta wrote: »

€8.40 for a pack of cigs and lets just say 20 a day, which is €58.80 a week. Assuming the husband smokes as well that comes to €117.60. Still cant pay the rent? Cigarettes are a luxury not a necessity like rent is. I say this as a smoker myself but if it comes down to paying the rent or smoking i will pay the rent. These people are clearly taking the piss.

Somebody told me there is a protest march in Dun Laoghaire tomorrow :rolleyes:

Is there a counter protest march against these idiots protesting on behalf of the family evicted:rolleyes:

Highly Salami

rightwingdub wrote: »

Is there a counter protest march against these idiots protesting on behalf of the family evicted:rolleyes:

No, right-wingers are too lazy to protest.

Tabnabs

Anything to do with this protest outside the CoCo offices today?

rightwingdub

Highly Salami wrote: »

No, right-wingers are too lazy to protest.

Not If its outside the passport office or an anti public sector protest:D

Highly Salami

rightwingdub wrote: »

Not If its outside the passport office or an anti public sector protest:D

source?

needaname

Dyflin wrote: »

Anything to do with this protest outside the CoCo offices today?

Yep this was a protest for the Moore family have no idea how it turned out though

Pauleta

She is on Adrian Kennedy now

rightwingdub

Pauleta wrote: »

She is on Adrian Kennedy now

Is it a sob story, everyone is to blame but me:rolleyes:

scudzilla

The council won't evict for no reason, this family would have been given chance after chance.
Listening to it now, only 1 side of the story being heard.

rightwingdub

scudzilla wrote: »

The council won't evict for no reason, this family would have been given chance after chance.
Listening to it now, only 1 side of the story being heard.

Sure this is Ireland wallowing in pathetic victimhoodwill always get people places:mad: