Family of seven sleep in Garda station Mod note post one

freshpopcorn wrote: »

The channel four program will be interesting to see what elements of this they focus on.
I remember in the Big Fat Gypsy wedding programs sometimes they used ask about paying for the day/dresses and the answer that was always given. You never ask a traveller about money.
So, they might ask some questions that people want to know the answers to here but they may not get an answer.

When did you become homeless and why?

The bleeding guberment are robbing us .

What happened to the mobile home you owned ?

Ah sure isn't the guberment robbing us all.

What happened to the ten grand for a car and 160,000 for the house in Wexford?

Me I wouldn't know anything about Wexford are you saying I did something in Wexford like honestly ask me ma I've never been to Wexford

What happened to the house you were offered ?

We'll see that's a complicated answer now but the guberment is to blame

They cum 1st......

She said it.

Why is her daughter never in any of her publicity photos?

That bodycam video really shows them up for what they are.

No respect for anything.

punisher5112 wrote: »

I find it hilarious she is being extremely disrespectful to the council and government who have actually gone out of their way to make her lifestyle possible.

Given her current circumstances, and the fact that we can certainly agree the council and successive Governments have indeed gone out of their way to enable her lifestyle, I’d be highly critical of them too in her position.

When will this free ride excuse the pun actually come to an end and people be made responsible for their actions and how to actually contribute and not just take, take, take, take and take some more......

Could you elaborate on this “contribution to society” I keep hearing about, because I’m not sure I understand exactly where you’re coming from, perhaps because we measure a persons contribution to society using different criteria. If it’s based purely on financial terms, then I would fall well short of your contribution to society standards as I have availed of free education provided for by the State for at least half my life, I’ve availed of albeit a number of inefficiently provided public services, which is why where I can I prefer to avail of private services, it’s a choice I make for myself, and my family have all availed of public services and their “contribution to society” in financial terms so far is zero.

So what do you propose should be done with people who make “no contribution to society”? If I’ve “contributed more to society” in financial terms, should that mean I get to lord it over those who haven’t contributed anything, or have contributed less? Because that appears to be what you’re implying, and I don’t want to put words in your mouth, but perhaps a simple explanation of these ill-defined terms like “contribution to society” and “people being made responsible for their actions”, and an outline of the criteria to meet them, would be really helpful for those of us who think you’re just talking shìte.

I wonder did she sell her caravan yet?

Where is the mobile home she purchased?

Where is her car now that she is going on about public transportation????

You from Revenue?

NIMAN wrote: »

That bodycam video really shows them up for what they are.

No respect for anything.

Link?

KrustyUCC wrote: »

Next family up for a home forever

'We have nowhere to go' - Time ticking for family handed eviction notice from caravan

Time is ticking for John McDonagh who claims he has been told he will be arrested and brought to court if he and his family do not move out of their caravan before Thursday.

John McDonagh, his wife Natasha McGuire and their four children, Missy (5), Maggie (3), Billy (2) and Mary Kate (1), have been sleeping in their four-berth mobile home in a public lay-by on the Cork Road in Fermoy for the last 12 months.

John told Neil Prendeville on Cork's Red FM that the family originally moved into a caravan next to his parents' house after the home they were renting was no longer available.

John and his family rely on benefits as he is not qualified to work in any particular trade.

He feels that some people don't want to hire him because he is a member of the travelling community.

He said that at the time he and his wife had their four children, they were in a house and "didn't think that the house was going to go."

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/we-have-nowhere-to-go-time-ticking-for-family-handed-eviction-notice-from-caravan-873015.html

Suppose these have nothing to do with why Mr McDonagh isn't employed

https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/the-corkman/20090219/281951718718553

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/corkman/news/cousins-fined-for-their-part-in-fracas-in-mitchelstown-27080994.html

They don’t have to move *out* of their caravan, they have to *move* their caravan. Shur isn’t that part of their culture.

KrustyUCC wrote: »

Next family up for a home forever

'We have nowhere to go' - Time ticking for family handed eviction notice from caravan

Time is ticking for John McDonagh who claims he has been told he will be arrested and brought to court if he and his family do not move out of their caravan before Thursday.

John McDonagh, his wife Natasha McGuire and their four children, Missy (5), Maggie (3), Billy (2) and Mary Kate (1), have been sleeping in their four-berth mobile home in a public lay-by on the Cork Road in Fermoy for the last 12 months.

John told Neil Prendeville on Cork's Red FM that the family originally moved into a caravan next to his parents' house after the home they were renting was no longer available.

John and his family rely on benefits as he is not qualified to work in any particular trade.

He feels that some people don't want to hire him because he is a member of the travelling community.

He said that at the time he and his wife had their four children, they were in a house and "didn't think that the house was going to go."

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/we-have-nowhere-to-go-time-ticking-for-family-handed-eviction-notice-from-caravan-873015.html

Suppose these have nothing to do with why Mr McDonagh isn't employed

https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/the-corkman/20090219/281951718718553

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/corkman/news/cousins-fined-for-their-part-in-fracas-in-mitchelstown-27080994.html

...my heart is bleeding ...

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Realistically speaking tough the only way for the government to raise the money to give her what she wants is to take it off the tax payer in some way.

No not really

Its perfectly possible for the government to come up with 16 billion euros in the upcoming budget to build 80,000 houses and not raise taxes
There is currently 5 billion in the Irish Strategic investment fund - that can be used
The government are talking about setting 3 billion aside for a rainy day fund - that can be used
Based on that they can borrow 8bn from the European Investment Bank and others

So there you have it 16bn which can be used to build 80,000 houses without raising taxes.

freshpopcorn wrote: »

There is another story that pops up from Mitchelstown about a guy needing a house for his family. They were housed in the mid 2000's but the house has fallen into disrepair. They also don't want to be housed in an estate.

I take it the house in good condition when they moved in

Gatling wrote: »

I take it the house in good condition when they moved in

When the relief road opened in 2006 the council purchased four houses. Three on one side of the town and one on the other.
There was halting sites prior to this but due to the development of the road they got housed.
The houses would have being in good enough condition already but would have being brought up to council standard if required.

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

No not really

Its perfectly possible for the government to come up with 16 billion euros in the upcoming budget to build 80,000 houses and not raise taxes
There is currently 5 billion in the Irish Strategic investment fund - that can be used
The government are talking about setting 3 billion aside for a rainy day fund - that can be used
Based on that they can borrow 8bn from the European Investment Bank and others

So there you have it 16bn which can be used to build 80,000 houses without raising taxes.

By "raising taxes",are we to assume you mean Increasing existing taxes,or do you mean devising New sources of taxation ?

The funding sources you reference,are all indeed legitimate,but inferring that they represent a source of "Free" money is just a tad disingenuous.

Drawing down funding from any,or all,of these sources will require repayment or replenishment at some point,and that funding has to come from someplace too...?

KrustyUCC wrote: »

Link?

Odelay wrote: »

What video is that? Do you have a link?

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