Mother - whose partner drowned last year - and five children forced to live in car

Mzo1978 · 02-06-2017 04:00PM

This does my head in. My own brothers partner was widowed 7 years ago has 5 girls works part time and because she was short 2 hours work her social welfare claim or did was cut 100e she struggles so badly with her young family yet the likes of this woman gets hand out after hand out it's so so wrong

VinLieger · 02-06-2017 04:00PM

Also dont forget shes bringing up 5 kids who will be taught the same values as their mother that the state will give you everything if you complain, work the system the right way and look desperate enough and that they wont need to work hard a day in their lives

endacl · 02-06-2017 04:01PM

Macy0161 wrote: »

But.... The Banks!

You spelled 'duh bannnkerzzzz' incorrectly.

Beta Ray Bill · 02-06-2017 04:04PM

VinLieger wrote: »

Also dont forget shes bringing up 5 kids who will be taught the same values as their mother that the state will give you everything if you complain, work the system the right way and look desperate enough and that they wont need to work hard a day in their lives

Exactly

The problem is snow balling down hill.

Giving her a home is just adding more snow!

valoren · 02-06-2017 04:04PM

Ms O'Regan's father, Thomas, said he was very disillusioned with a political system which allows a single mother of five to become homeless.
The neck of some people.

Incredible lack of self awareness.
She GOT a house provided. She left it of her own accord with 5 children.
She didn't like where she was the poor craytur.
That's not a flawed system, that's negligence. She is homeless now through her own delusions and trying to bluff her way into a place closer to home content to use her children as bargaining chips.

As if she is the only one in need of social housing.
What is infuriating is that this sick stunt of entitlement and the gutter press who pounce on it and spread it will whisk her to the front of that waiting queue.
Meanwhile those also in need and with their integrity and class still intact will continue to wait as Assholes like that get accomodated. Literally.

ohnonotgmail · 02-06-2017 04:07PM

pc7 wrote: »

How much is child benefit for 5 kids, one parent family, she's probably on careers allowance (maybe), then add in respite grant if she is. How much is that a month along with free medical card, back to school allowance and a house she walked away from! Horrible carry on pimping the kids out like that, pure bs.

I looked this up out of curiosity. €700 a month.

Wanderer78 · 02-06-2017 04:09PM

Keep the recovery going!

valoren · 02-06-2017 04:13PM

Childrens Allowance - 700 per month
Social Welfare one parent family - 752
payment per additional child (29.80 a week each) - 596

Total - 2,048 per month.

Just a guess, not sure how SW rates apply to individual cases.

MOH · 02-06-2017 04:14PM

jonnycivic wrote: »

Since when have Reporter and Integrity been acceptable in the same sentance :pac:

Irish Independent hasn't had either for a long time

ART6 · 02-06-2017 04:16PM

Apparently a surprisingly large number of people turn down social housing offers, claiming that the property was in an unsatisfactory area/didn't have a big enough garden/didn't have the room to park the family's two cars? didn't have an acceptable kitchen etc etc. It all puzzles me -- if my family was homeless and I was offered social housing I would bite off arms to get it, because it would give me time to recover my situation and if possible move on. If the property was in an unliked area, so what? It keeps the rain out!

I agree with some of the other posters in this thread: there seems to be a growing sense of entitlement in some sectors of the "disadvantaged" where they fail to grasp that welfare and social housing is a back-stop, not a lifestyle option. That does no favours for those who are genuinely in need.

livedadream · 02-06-2017 04:19PM

stupid question but is that house in clare just empty? like do they have to wait for her to say i give it up or can they just throw someone else who might want it in there?

Beta Ray Bill · 02-06-2017 04:21PM

valoren wrote: »

Childrens Allowance - 700 per month
Social Welfare one parent family - 752
payment per additional child (29.80 a week each) - 596

Total - 2,048 per month.

Just a guess, not sure how SW rates apply to individual cases.

I hope to f*ck this is wrong!!!!

That's more than I have after paying for the mortgage!

This country is F*cked with this sh*t going on!

02-06-2017 04:22PM

valoren wrote: »

Ms O'Regan's father, Thomas, said he was very disillusioned with a political system which allows a single mother of five to become homeless.
The neck of some people.

neck like a jockies..

punisher5112 · 02-06-2017 04:37PM

One major issue is she has 5 kids and only 5 seats?¿ so who drives the car?

The car only comes with 5 seats and that's is all that can be in it any one time... Moving on a public road of course.

I am working so is my wife to be and we have been pushed further and further away from where we work and lived previous.

We get no help and yet pay for the likes of her through huge taxes and the rental money we are paying out as its highly taxed is also a huge chunk towards these that want it all handed to them.

topper75 · 02-06-2017 04:44PM

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

That photo is hysterical.

I'd say it took a full minute on the clock before they could convince all the kids to do the sad face and stop smiling.

I love the style of the article too: "found she was in arrears on her rent".

One may find themselves caught in a rain shower going up to the shop.

But one doesn't find one's self in arrears on the rent. One, knowing the amount due as an adult and knowing the day it is due, simply does not pay (repeatedly).

I pondered as I read through the article where the sense of entitlement could come from, but there it was in the last sentence.

Division · 02-06-2017 04:44PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

One major issue is she has 5 kids and only 5 seats?¿ so who drives the car?

The car only comes with 5 seats and that's is all that can be in it any one time... Moving on a public road of course.

I am working so is my wife to be and we have been pushed further and further away from where we work and lived previous.

We get no help and yet pay for the likes of her through huge taxes and the rental money we are paying out as its highly taxed is also a huge chunk towards these that want it all handed to them.

While I don't mean to take anything away from each of your valid points, I am concerned for the kids welfare.

Anyone trying to pull a stunt like this should be investigated by Tusla / Child Social Services.

That is the most important thing about this case and nothing should distract from that until the kids are in a safe environment.

Junkyard Tom · 02-06-2017 04:51PM

Sorry.

jimmycrackcorm · 02-06-2017 04:51PM

Erica Fleming has set the standard for how mouthy you need to be to get a free gaffe. This woman is an amateur in comparison.

RhubarbCrumble · 02-06-2017 04:59PM

I'm actually starting to hate this country for constantly giving into people like this purely because of their sense of entitlement.

I've seen a similar situation myself with my partner's brother and his family recently. They have five children between them, and seem to be able to claim every benefit under the sun. Neither of them work (surprise surprise!) and they were recently given a house. The house is in a small estate in a quiet village, a nice spot.
Upon seeing the house the first thing they did was give out that they didn't like the fitted kitchen and that the garden wasn't big enough for the trampoline and swing set.
I actually felt like swinging for them myself when I heard them. My partner and I are both working, paying a mortgage, bills etc and are entitled to absolutely nothing. It's really starting to get to me that the harder you work in this country, the worse off you are.

washiskin · 02-06-2017 05:06PM

I'd really like to know what Focus Ireland have to say about this. Very quick to advocate on behalf of people like this woman but less willing to talk about the p*sstakers who go through the system.

I saw this headline on a paper passing a shop earlier and the first thing that crossed my mind was I wonder how many places did she turn down first?

Quandary · 02-06-2017 05:12PM

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

Erica Fleming has set the standard for how mouthy you need to be to get a free gaffe. This woman is an amateur in comparison.

This is it in a nutshell.

Erica Fleming stamped her feet and screamed loudly enough until she got her way. A precedent has been set.

The sad part is the example this sets for her kids.

02-06-2017 05:19PM

I thinks she needs more than a home. She doesn't seem to be coping too well with life in general.

punisher5112 · 02-06-2017 05:21PM

It worked for those that camped outside bray/Wicklow council offices....

punisher5112 · 02-06-2017 05:22PM

Has anyone complained about the number of passengers she carries in her 5 seat car but using it to carry 6.

I find it laughable that anyone could believe they are actually sleeping in it.

Cazale · 02-06-2017 05:22PM

punisher5112 wrote:

One major issue is she has 5 kids and only 5 seats?Â¿ so who drives the car?

She'll be looking for a people carrier next.

punisher5112 · 02-06-2017 05:24PM

Cazale wrote: »

She'll be looking for a people carrier next.

I know a family who started a gofund me for exactly that after getting the house they were already given by the council get a facelift and and extension ⅔ the size on to the side of the property..

I could only wish to live in such a property.

judeboy101 · 02-06-2017 05:27PM

Serious amount of eyebrows in that family

Teyla Emmagan · 02-06-2017 05:27PM

The Irish Times article says one of the reasons she left the house in Clare was because she "didn't have any transport".

And then there's a picture of her sitting in her car. Is a car not a form of transport now??

punisher5112 · 02-06-2017 05:28PM

judeboy101 wrote: »

Serious amount of eyebrows in that family

Unibrows??

NIMAN · 02-06-2017 05:28PM

Interested why the Indo have disabled the ability to comment on this story?

Perhaps they weren't following their agenda?

Mother - whose partner drowned last year - and five children forced to live in car

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