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young mother dies of hypothermia in flat, after council refused to fix heating

North_West_Art · 2011-01-31 12:55:11

I have just noticed this headline on another discussion board, seemingly there is no mention of this story on RTE, we have reached a new all time low in this country http://www.thejournal.ie/woman-died-of-hypothermia-in-flat-after-council-refused-to-fix-heating-2011-01/#comments

31-01-2011 12:55pm

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I have just noticed this headline on another discussion board, seemingly there is no mention of this story on RTE, we have reached a new all time low in this country
http://www.thejournal.ie/woman-died-of-hypothermia-in-flat-after-council-refused-to-fix-heating-2011-01/#comments

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#2 31-01-2011 12:57pm

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Was the kettle broken too?

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#3 31-01-2011 12:57pm

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Maybe you should be reading this message board first.....

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#4 31-01-2011 1:06pm

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I seriously hope someones head rolls for this..

Jesus christ, thats pissed me off.

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#5 31-01-2011 1:07pm

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Why didn't she stay with her mother?

There's more to this than "evil government kills young mother". Why would she stay there when it was too cold to sleep? Perhaps the council didn't refuse to fix her heating, but it wasn't possible at that time for whatever reason. Maybe they offered her alternative accomodation until such a time as the heating could be fixed?

From the looks of it, regeneration was under way and she was one of these contrary people who would rather stay in a cold & dingy flat than accept new accommodation elsewhere.

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#6 31-01-2011 1:09pm

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This thread has already been done in AH and locked.

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#7 31-01-2011 1:11pm

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Indeed, it's been discussed at length. We're waiting for the inquest.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056162994&highlight=hypothermia

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