Family of seven sleep in Garda station Mod note post one

Being someone mentioned struggling to feed 7 on 1000 pw .

I'm feeding a family of 4 on €120 pw full food shopping (no junk ,no take aways)
After rent and bills I'm left with an embarrassing €30 pw

No treats ,no nights out ,no drinking ,

My boots are 14 months old have 2 rips and no longer water resistant .

No 10 grand for a car or a mobile home,


But my landlord increased my rent this month and is also selling up ,

So I took on a second job while my OH hopefully graduates college next may so hopefully I don't have to eventually declare my family homeless ,
Will I get a free house or apartment paid for No

But


You won't see me posing in tallaght Garda station

TallGlass wrote: »

No problem with that, I am sure that's what the system was designed for and at a max say 3/4. Not 7/8 children, past that your having a laugh.

There’s no limit on the number of children a person can apply to claim child benefit for, whether it’s one child, seven children, or seventeen children. Naturally the amount of child benefit a person qualifies for is dependent upon the number of children they have.

The reality of the situation is, people are working, can't see there children and have them in child care from 8/8 while they work. It's heartbreaking, and then at the end of it, they struggle to give them a few toys or 'luxuries', all this while tax to the hilt directly and indirectly.

I did make the point earlier that I wasn’t a bleeding heart, so rather than merely acknowledging that it may well be heartbreaking for the parents in question, I would be more interested in offering practical support depending upon what the parents in question actually wanted, whether that was to be able to afford appropriate childcare, negotiatiate more flexible working arrangements with their employer, or support them in seeking employment that would allow them to spend more time with their children. I might even be able to suggest ways in which they could pay less tax and therefore be in a better position to be able to provide the lifestyle they wish to provide for themselves and their children.

I absolutely wouldn’t be interested in comparing their circumstances with anyone else’s, or comparing anyone else’s circumstances with theirs, as one has no bearing on the other, and vice versa.

Anthracite wrote: »

And how do they raise the stunt stakes to get back to number 1 in the list? Sleep on a motorway, as someone suggested? And, obviously, arrange for photos.

Staging a similar 'protest' gig at say a fibre gade station wouldn't cut the mustard, a human chain of the family on the M50 at rush hour would be where I'd go next.