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Margaret Cash steals €300 worth of clothes from Penneys and aftermath/etc!

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https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/homeless-mumofseven-margaret-cash-appears-in-court-over-stealing-300-worth-of-clothes-from-penneys-37434491.html

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Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

Another edifying contribution from a member of that community

http://www.redfm.ie/news/cork/man-jailed-for-stealing-money-from-97-year-old-man-in-newmarket/

What a ****ing scumbag. A 97 year old man ffs. How can these cnuts sleep at night? Waaah they’re an ethnic minority they have it awful hard..
do they FCUK

Roger Hassenforder

Another edifying contribution from a member of that community

http://www.redfm.ie/news/cork/man-jailed-for-stealing-money-from-97-year-old-man-in-newmarket/

ricero

ShaneC93 wrote: »

Not another TV interview today.. Why are the media still giving this woman the time of day? She has to be one of the worst spokespeople for any cause I've ever seen.

Lovely i reckon more people might vote Peter Casey after watching that

ThunbergsAreGo

KrustyUCC wrote: »

Yet the gubberment is robbing here even though she can't say how

I think she's just excited for the next series of Game of Thrones

[Deleted User]

ShaneC93 wrote: »

Not another TV interview today.. Why are the media still giving this woman the time of day? She has to be one of the worst spokespeople for any cause I've ever seen.

That was some turnout for today’s protest.

wexie

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I'm surprised she is given so much air time because she doesn't fit the hard working homeless that you often hear about.

Yeah, whoever decided that she's a good poster child is a great example of the dire state of our mental health services

freshpopcorn

ShaneC93 wrote: »

Not another TV interview today.. Why are the media still giving this woman the time of day? She has to be one of the worst spokespeople for any cause I've ever seen.

I'm surprised she is given so much air time because she doesn't fit the hard working homeless that you often hear about.

eeepaulo

Is the garden of remembrance still there?

ShaneC93

Not another TV interview today.. Why are the media still giving this woman the time of day? She has to be one of the worst spokespeople for any cause I've ever seen.

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KrustyUCC

Gravelly wrote: »

That's the trouble - those of us who go out and work have to pay for the likes of Margaret. Imagine the amount of hours you or I work to keep her in the style she's accustomed? I couldn't afford 8 kids, because I have to pay for hers as well as my own.

100%

Many I know have had to move huge distances from where they are from and have a support network etc just to afford somewhere to live

Margaret is complaining about a B&B in Drumcondra. It's just not a home forever in Tallaght

Many couples need to carefully think can they afford kids or another one. Others just pop them out no issue

Sure it's worth a bigger home and more welfare

Roger Hassenforder

RaichuMGS wrote: »

I wonder if a day can go by where someone won’t try knock people who are social welfare for genuine reasons. :rolleyes:

As someone who is, I can assure you I’m not living a life of luxury. Half the time I have to choose between new clothes I need or food. I envy anyone capable of work and I strive to find a job I can do with the bull**** I’m dealt re headaches, depression etc. But every time I’ve applied for a job and sat an interview I get a rejection and then feel more depressed :pac:

If the state wasnt spending so much of its revenue on the parasites like Ms. Cash et al. , it might be able to afford better supports and measures for those who genuinely need state assistance.

I cant imagine anyone having a problem with that. Hell I'd even suck up a % on my tax, if i knew it was going to provide better services for genuine people.

(Sorry for your troubles BTW)

Gravelly

KrustyUCC wrote: »

If everybody was robbed the same way poor Maragaret is Ireland would be bankrupt

That's the trouble - those of us who go out and work have to pay for the likes of Margaret. Imagine the amount of hours you or I work to keep her in the style she's accustomed? I couldn't afford 8 kids, because I have to pay for hers as well as my own.

KrustyUCC

Gravelly wrote: »

I wish they'd rob me the way they're robbing her for a change.

If everybody was robbed the same way poor Maragaret is Ireland would be bankrupt

punisher5112

jammiedodgers wrote: »

Careful now before you're branded a racist...

Don't they all have lovely bottoms.....

Gravelly

KrustyUCC wrote: »

Yet the gubberment is robbing here even though she can't say how

I wish they'd rob me the way they're robbing her for a change.

KrustyUCC

Gravelly wrote: »

She costs the state around the same as employing two nurses. That's leaving out the cost of her "free" legal aid for her crime sprees, the cost of incarcerating her husband, and the future cost of supporting her children, if they follow in her footsteps.
Imagine all the good those two nurses would do (not to mention the income tax they would pay). The social welfare system badly needs to be overhauled to cut out these lifelong spongers.

Yet the gubberment is robbing here even though she can't say how

van_beano wrote: »

The Niall Boylan interviews was my favourite

https://twitter.com/niallboylan4fm/status/1047526900242022401?s=21

Donald Trump

Effects wrote: »

That goes on no matter what level you're at.

I know an accountant that takes payment in cash so you save the vat on his fee.

I know a solicitor that does the same. He's got a lovely boat that he sails.

I know a civil servant that scams an extra allowance of €150 per month from her department for an expense that's already covered by her department in a separate payment to her, "everyone does it".

I've a friend who rents out his house but tenants pay separately. He claims it under the rent a room scheme so avoids tax on the first €14,000.

Sounds like a nice story but unfortunately one can't claim rent-a-room relief if your income from renting is over 14,000.

It is not on the "first 14,000". It is only open to those with rental income of less than that amount. 14,001 and you can't avail of it.

jammiedodgers

punisher5112 wrote: »

Great bunch of lads them travellers....

Careful now before you're branded a racist...

punisher5112

Great bunch of lads them travellers....

wexie

KrustyUCC wrote: »

Certainly a great example of the entitlement culture

Left school at 12, married at 15, first kid at 17/18, 7 kids by 28
Never worked a day in her life
Totally dependent on welfare
39 convictions
Yet the government are robbing her by not providing her with her home forever

sounds like a culture we need to be protecting and preserving indeed.

Gravelly

KrustyUCC wrote: »

Can't disagree with your statement

Even if she wanted a job and then subsequently got one, her job would want to be worth bout €90,000 to get what she currently receives in welfare

Yet poor old Margaret and many of her supporters see her as a victim

They even explain away her theft from Penneys

Sure she stole to put clothes on the childrens backs

Any mother would do the same lol

She costs the state around the same as employing two nurses. That's leaving out the cost of her "free" legal aid for her crime sprees, the cost of incarcerating her husband, and the future cost of supporting her children, if they follow in her footsteps.
Imagine all the good those two nurses would do (not to mention the income tax they would pay). The social welfare system badly needs to be overhauled to cut out these lifelong spongers.

KrustyUCC

Can't disagree with your statement

Even if she wanted a job and then subsequently got one, her job would want to be worth bout €90,000 to get what she currently receives in welfare

Yet poor old Margaret and many of her supporters see her as a victim

They even explain away her theft from Penneys

Sure she stole to put clothes on the childrens backs

Any mother would do the same lol

Trigger Happy

KrustyUCC wrote: »

Certainly a great example of the entitlement culture

Left school at 12, married at 15, first kid at 17/18, 7 kids by 28
Never worked a day in her life
Totally dependent on welfare
39 convictions
Yet the government are robbing her by not providing her with her home forever

And even if she wanted a job she is unemployable at this stage. That’s the welfare state for you.

KrustyUCC

Certainly a great example of the entitlement culture

Left school at 12, married at 15, first kid at 17/18, 7 kids by 28
Never worked a day in her life
Totally dependent on welfare
39 convictions
Yet the government are robbing her by not providing her with her home forever

The_Kew_Tour

The irony of the fact is the Cash is part of the reason there is a homeless crisis at minute too

But blame someone else.

wexie

alias no.9 wrote: »

There's little or no long term thinking in this country, no leadership, no hard decisions to create a better future, just soft options, right here, right now and to hell with the consequences. It's not unique to welfare, look across the public service and the various pay deals and general waste, look at the failure to invest in infrastructure and the repeated abandonment of game changing projects in favour of half assed alternatives.

Well said.

Seems politicians main concerns are managing things in such a way they will survive the next elections. Rather than focusing on actually making things better overall in the long term.

alias no.9

Lollipops23 wrote: »

I have MS and thankfully am still able to work full time, albeit often through the fog of fatigue.
I am aware that it likely won't always be the case, so have made sure to set up a decent pension etc, made other arrangements for worst case scenario down the line.
It gauls me that there are so many out there who simply "choose" the lifestyle that Cash does. Have they zero pride in themselves? No aspirations?

Cash clearly has aspirations and is fighting for something better. Lacking education and coming from a culture where victimhood is enshrined, she's doing this the only way she knows how, by shouting and screaming about her rights and entitlements.

She's the product of a system that has for a couple of generations now sought to make problems go away, at least in the short term, by throwing money at them.

There's little or no long term thinking in this country, no leadership, no hard decisions to create a better future, just soft options, right here, right now and to hell with the consequences. It's not unique to welfare, look across the public service and the various pay deals and general waste, look at the failure to invest in infrastructure and the repeated abandonment of game changing projects in favour of half assed alternatives.

Igotadose

Lollipops23 wrote: »

It gauls me that there are so many out there who simply "choose" the lifestyle that Cash does. Have they zero pride in themselves? No aspirations?

From what I gather, it seems like culturally she's been born and raised to this, and it's really difficult to break those bonds. Married off young, pulled from school, family of criminals, basically raised to be aggressive, hostile and thieving.

I think she's incorrigible at this point, bar some dramatic life change that might shock her enough to change her attitude.

blanch152

RaichuMGS wrote: »

I wonder if a day can go by where someone won’t try knock people who are social welfare for genuine reasons. :rolleyes:

As someone who is, I can assure you I’m not living a life of luxury. Half the time I have to choose between new clothes I need or food. I envy anyone capable of work and I strive to find a job I can do with the bull**** I’m dealt re headaches, depression etc. But every time I’ve applied for a job and sat an interview I get a rejection and then feel more depressed :pac:

Of course, there are people who are on social welfare for genuine reasons, nobody is disputing that. Will a day ever go by when somebody questioning national statistics relating to thousands of people not be accused of attacking a particular individual?

The statistics are clear. Ireland has one of the highest rates of disability social welfare in the world. At the systemic level there are only three possible reasons:

(1) The system is too generous in what is considered a disability
(2) There is significant fraud within the system
(3) Irish people are inbred leading to higher rates of disability

I am agnostic on the three reasons, because there is little research as to which is true. However, saying all of the above is not an attack on any individual, because even if all three reasons are true, and you corrected for them, you would still have individuals fully entitled to social welfare disability payments.

Lollipops23

Jasiah Hot Talker wrote: »

I’m 30, I hope to work for at least another 30 years. I own my own business. I pay and contribute enough that if I have no other choice down the line, I won’t feel bad. I’ve never been on the dole. I have never so much as claimed an eye test on my stamps. I won’t feel bad if I’m so unwell that I physically cannot do any sort of work. I may not be able for my actual hands on job, but could I work part time doing admin work? Answering phones?

I have MS and thankfully am still able to work full time, albeit often through the fog of fatigue.
I am aware that it likely won't always be the case, so have made sure to set up a decent pension etc, made other arrangements for worst case scenario down the line.
It gauls me that there are so many out there who simply "choose" the lifestyle that Cash does. Have they zero pride in themselves? No aspirations?