Family of seven sleep in Garda station Mod note post one

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Rubbish. No one has to go to a Garda Station unless they leave it too late to apply during the day for emergency accommodation.

It is no wonder that right wing thinking is becoming a bit more prevalent now. Enough is enough.

Genuine cases will not look for this type of publicity, and they will be looked after. Despite everything we are a caring country.

The housing issue does not only affect those who are in the "entitled" cohort, it affects lots of people out there working their ass off every day too. Don't hear too much from them though.

Focus Ireland said these shocking events are an unwelcome vindication of the warnings the charity has repeatedly made to the Government for the last two years that using commercial hotels as emergency accommodation for families who are homeless is totally unsuitable and unacceptable.

Several homeless families were advised to stay overnight in Garda (Irish police) stations earlier this week due to a lack of emergency accommodation.

A Dublin Region Homeless Executive spokeswoman said she understood seven families were directed to stations on Tuesday but none took up the offer.

Mutant z wrote: »

Why does she have 6 children if she's in that situation its funny how she isnt asked that question what sort of person would put her own children through that.

Gatling wrote: »

So according to several people on FB who went to tallaght Garda station to help this lady her and the kids were nowhere to be seen ,she apparently made another post claiming she was actually in tallaght hospital at the time of the photos being taken and the kids were staying with her sister .

Her FB account has been actually removed

Also faced with an uncertain future is a Tallaght family-of-eight currently “overholding” at a property in Tymon North.
Margaret Cash and her partner John McCarthy have been living in Castle Park for the last two years
The house has been sold in the last year, but despite efforts to find alternative accommodation, the only option the family were given, was a temporary weekend stay at a Gardiner Street B&B two weeks ago.

“They’re taking the mick,” said Margaret, who has been on the housing list for six years, and registered the family as homeless in May, when they were aware the new owner wanted them out.

John said: “We have four kids in school at St Aengus and don’t want to disrupt them. On top of that, we have all been living and sleeping downstairs, because the upstairs is in bad shape, with no insulation, mould, damp and a leaking roof. We just want any old place nearby and would be happy to do it up ourselves.

“We gave up our Traveller life years ago and settled down, but we don’t have a family that would be willing to take in six children.”

The family’s rent allowance is capped at €1,000, but they have found they are priced out of moving to a new property and face discrimination because of their background.

Margaret continued: “The council were aware of the repossession a year ago, but we have been getting the runaround. We’re afraid to leave the house in case the locks are changed.

“It’s causing us awful stress. We know we are not the only ones looking for a place but they do have housing. Where will we go with six children ? They’re not giving us any hope.

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

John looks able bodied in that photo is there a reason he cant get a fcuking job to support his children?