Hardluck stories irish papers

handlemaster

The amount of hard luck stories on Irish papers must be at an all time high. The indo in particular seem to print any idiots mistakes as a tragedy. It usually comes down to looking /begging for money

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Ok.

Liam O

Wow that's terrible hun xox

Gatling

We get them daily on here for free ,Pity those who pay for the privilege in papers

LightsStillOn

Can I have some money?

Story Bud?

inbox me hun xoxo

gramar

handlemaster wrote: »

The amount of hard luck stories on Irish papers must be at an all time high. The indo in particular seem to print any idiots mistakes as a tragedy. It usually comes down to looking /begging for money

Everything in the Indo is a tragedy, or hilarious, or amazing or unbelievable or whatever other hyperbolic term they can come up with. The vast vast majority of these stories are very underwhelming.

Armchair Andy

Don't talk to me about tragedy OP, the handlebars on my racing bike are all bent and a c*** to try and straighten them.

darkpagandeath

Crowd funding is where it's at. You can get free money to come home for Funerals and everything. Then go back and continue your holiday.

Harry Palmr

Liveline trades in stupidity and misery, the LLS always has one misery slot. This crap sells as presumably we are meant to empathise while thanking a deity that it didn't happen to us.

refusetolose

english paper 1 was much harder than expected too i think

handlemaster

We are in the season of going on holidays with no insurance and then jumping into a pool with no water

dan1895

Are we talking about the woman who bought Euros tickets off an unofficial site and is now shocked that she was scammed?

Btw anyone looking for legit Euros tickets just pm me your credit card details and i'll pop them in the post on Friday.

Harry Palmr

Btw anyone looking for legit Euros tickets just pm me your credit card details and i'll pop them in the post on Friday.

Credit cards are protected, she used a debit card I think.

Holiday insurance is pretty much worthless

Winterlong

There are genuine hard luck stories and there are those who expect the state to do every thing for them and are shocked when things don't go their way.
The woman with the kids who ran to the papers because she was kicked out of her hostel because she went on holidays to Spain.
The people who arrived in south Dublin and demanded housing and sued the council.
The couple tallaght who had never worked, were not looking for a job but were surprised when they could no longer afford the rent.
A lot of people have forgotten how to look after them selves and run to the press when they don't get what they want and distract from the genuine cases.

Bullocks

handlemaster wrote: »

We are in the season of going on holidays with no insurance and then jumping into a pool with no water

That did actually happen last year beside me

Fratton Fred

Winterlong wrote: »

There are genuine hard luck stories and there are those who expect the state to do every thing for them and are shocked when things don't go their way.
The woman with the kids who ran to the papers because she was kicked out of her hostel because she went on holidays to Spain.
The people who arrived in south Dublin and demanded housing and sued the council.
The couple tallaght who had never worked, were not looking for a job but were surprised when they could no longer afford the rent.
A lot of people have forgotten how to look after them selves and run to the press when they don't get what they want and distract from the genuine cases.

"my son has been in the US for 6 years without a green card and can't come home for his granny's funeral"

Two Tone

Yes, when a media case just shows one side of the story and the other side is somewhere like e.g. a government department or company, which is not given right of reply or cannot comment on an individual case (as this would breach data protection law) I would be very hesitant to take every facet of the story at face value.

lawlolawl

Winterlong wrote: »

There are genuine hard luck stories and there are those who expect the state to do every thing for them and are shocked when things don't go their way.
The woman with the kids who ran to the papers because she was kicked out of her hostel because she went on holidays to Spain.
The people who arrived in south Dublin and demanded housing and sued the council.
The couple tallaght who had never worked, were not looking for a job but were surprised when they could no longer afford the rent.
A lot of people have forgotten how to look after them selves and run to the press when they don't get what they want and distract from the genuine cases.

Yer wan a couple of years back who was sleeping in her car with her 3 or 4 young kids because she was "homeless", turns out she'd turned down a bunch of accommodation that she was offered by the council because it was all outside of Dublin.

Joe prim

There's a poor tourist lad up at Heuston, in a wheelchair, gets mugged and all his cash and passport, tickets etc. stolen very frequently, poor sod.

dan1895

Fratton Fred wrote: »

"my son has been in the US for 6 years without a green card and can't come home for his granny's funeral"

This one in particular grinds my gears.