Mother of five recovering from cancer taken to jail after not paying her tv license

Specialun

Listening to this one on the radio now and earlier today..woman was released after a few hours

The woman is recovering from cancer..at the moment only one wage in the house..what was the actual point..

Only link i could find:

http://theliberal.ie/appalling-mother-of-five-recovering-from-cancer-facing-three-days-in-prison-because-she-cannot-afford-to-pay-e220-tv-licence-fine/

screamer

Point is you'll get away with many things in this country but you won't get away with paying no tv licence...... pathetic isn't it.

Billy86

I guess at least some will be chuffed that if she is up in court again, it won't be with no jail time served for X number of convictions.

MilesMorales1

Good to see the government has its priorities right.

colossus-x

I've gotten away with it for years. Just don't answer the doorbell when your not expecting anyone.

kneemos

Got off light so.The sooner they sort of income attachments the better.they won't have to bother with this nonsense.

Sunnyisland

They were in a real hutch to get her to Jail you would think she kin na hin no money .

ygolometsipe

Did she get to watch TV in prison?

I bloody hope not, the scoundrel :pac:

glad to see shes out tho...

FalconGirl

The fact of the matter is many people who were complicit in bringing the country to its knees have not spent a day in jail. Just think about it....

Pathetic isn't it when you see cases like this.

The Backwards Man

Not one person in the history of the state has ever been sent to jail for not paying their TV licence and they never will be.

colm_mcm

Something something Enda Kenny water meters disgrace

Clandestine

Licence fee should be removed. There should be no state funded tv whatsoever

johnnyskeleton

Specialun wrote: »

The woman is recovering from cancer..at the moment only one wage in the house..what was the actual point.

Because tv is a basic right like water and electricity and food and paying for it is a breach of human rights.

Law is optional and you get to choose which ones to obey and which not to.

AnonoBoy

I'd click the link but it's to The Liberal.

That rag website is written by people who would struggle to pass the Junior Cert pass paper in English.

Also - they're wildly conservative and wouldn't even acknowledge the passing of the marriage referendum. Morons!

kneemos

FalconGirl wrote: »

The fact of the matter is many people who were complicit in bringing the country to its knees have not spent a day in jail. Just think about it....

Pathetic isn't it when you see cases like this.

She didn't either.

gctest50

It's up to 1 in 2 people now

1 in 2 people born after 1960 in the UK will be diagnosed with some form of cancer during their lifetime

http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/risk/lifetime-risk

afatbollix

Most people would be embarrassed if this happened to them. She had an agenda from the start. She spent a few hours in a holding cell and went to the only website that would listen to her.

Omackeral

colm_mcm wrote: »

Something something Enda Kenny water meters disgrace

Country is a joke.

colm_mcm

afatbollix wrote: »

Most people would be embarrassed if this happened to them. She had an agenda from the start. She spent a few hours in a holding cell and went to the only website that would listen to her.

From 4fm Facebook

Suzanne would like to thank all those who offered to pay for the fine for her but said she can't accept the money. She said the support however will help her to walk into the prison with her head held high

Wasn't there a dj on 4fm called Suzanne Kane? Hardly the same person?

Omackeral wrote: »

Country is a joke.

The bankers as well.

FalconGirl

kneemos wrote: »

She didn't either.

And what about cases like this?

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/woman-who-failed-to-pay-tv-licence-fine-taken-to-jail-in-fivehour-taxi-trip-31029231.html

Farcical waste of time and resources. Priorities are all wrong.

kneemos

FalconGirl wrote: »

And what about cases like this?

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/woman-who-failed-to-pay-tv-licence-fine-taken-to-jail-in-fivehour-taxi-trip-31029231.html

Farcical waste of time and resources. Priorities are all wrong.

Absolutely.Take it from their income.

BreadnBuddha

Can't afford a TV license? Then you can't afford to have a TV.

Same as having a car and not taxing it.

Same as taking a train and not buying a ticket.

No sympathy for her. They should have flogged the TV and let the kids watch stuff on the laptop. Students the world over do just that every bloody day.

Just watch now, when everyone goes mad making excuses for her and crying OUTRAGE while ignoring the fact that the license is a tax and she was caught dodging it while the rest of us pay our dues.

It's the likes of these eejits who expose themselves to prosecution (instead of ditching the telly) who screw everyone else. She's old enough to remember the 1980's in Ireland when plenty of people didn't have a telly because times were tough and they couldn't afford one.

All her own, and her husbands making.

c_meth

I'd hate to see the back of public service broadcasting. I don't want wall to wall X-Factor and other such $hite UK imported TV...

screamer

The lack of compassion is unreal. Poor woman she has enough to deal with without the stress of this also....

gctest50

Omackeral wrote: »

Country is a joke.

what about eircodes - millions of euro

then you've this, working, worldwide :

https://map.what3words.com

BreadnBuddha

screamer wrote: »

The lack of compassion is unreal. Poor woman she has enough to deal with without the stress of this also....

Compassion doesn't pay for public services.

She can pay her way like the rest of us, or get rid of the telly when the license is up.

They have a choice. It's no secret that if you have a telly, you should have a license.

FalconGirl

BreadnBuddha wrote: »

Compassion doesn't pay for public services.

She can pay her way like the rest of us, or get rid of the telly when the license is up.

They have a choice. It's no secret that if you have a telly, you should have a license.

Left out of work with cancer and fallen on hard times. Its a very common occurrence. Hopefully you never experience it.

In this case I doubt the TV licence is high up on her priorities. It can happen. Cop onto yourself and show some compassion.

Whosthis

FalconGirl wrote: »

Left out of work with cancer and fallen on hard times. Its a very common occurrence.

In this case I doubt the TV licence is high up on her priorities. It can happen. Cop onto yourself and show some compassion.

If she's that hard up she could probably do with flogging the TV to put an extra few quid in her pocket.

Stealthfins

BreadnBuddha wrote:

Compassion doesn't pay for public services.

The public service isn't very compassionate.

kneemos

screamer wrote: »

The lack of compassion is unreal. Poor woman she has enough to deal with without the stress of this also....

Shouldn't have brought it on herself then.She could have bought TV licence stamps if she couldn't afford the full whack.
She'd have had months and months if not years of warnings and even after getting the summons could have gone to court with a licence and saved the taxpayer thousands.
Break the law,get caught,pay the penalty. Don't see what the issue is?

Galwayguy35

I don't see why the cancer bit has to be brought into it, she had a TV and like it or not the law of the land says we must have a license.