€750 odd a week..

MidlandsM · 27-09-2010 10:58AM #1

I was listening to the radio this morning and there was beggars/tappers/junkies on being interviewed in Dublin City Centre saying they make €80 a day - and then they'd get the dole also ....

Thoughts?

Biggins · 27-09-2010 10:59AM

Yea. Your post is 666.

YIKES!!! :eek:

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stovelid · 27-09-2010 10:59AM

MidlandsM wrote: »

I was listening to the radio this morning and there was beggars/tappers/junkies on being interviewed in Dublin City Centre saying they make €80 a day - and then they'd get the dole also ....

Thoughts?

In keeping with the general premise of the thread: very little.

FreudianSlippers · 27-09-2010 11:01AM

I only give sandwiches to hungry people now if at all. 50% of the time they are totally grateful but some are bastards about it. So guess those bastards are the ones making €750 a week

super_furry · 27-09-2010 11:02AM

MidlandsM wrote: »

Thoughts?

A child's got more bones than a grown-up's got!
A child's got more bones than a grown-up's got?
A child's got more bones than a grown-up's got!
And that's a natural law!

chin_grin · 27-09-2010 11:04AM

MidlandsM wrote: »

I was listening to the radio this morning and there was beggars/tappers/junkies on being interviewed in Dublin City Centre saying they make €80 a day - and then they'd get the dole also ....

Thoughts?

Always a reputable source of information.

Dravokivich · 27-09-2010 11:06AM

chin_grin wrote: »

Always a reputable source of information.

We should check it out with their accountants.

SugarHigh · 27-09-2010 11:07AM

I don't think they do get the dole. How would they provide proof of address?

thebigbiffo · 27-09-2010 11:07AM

my thoughts are this:

i wonder if there is a ship big enough to take the junkies and general scum of ireland 5 miles out into the atlantic and dump them overboard...

i'm not in the humour for giving sympathy to junkies this morning at all. actually, that's most mornings...

thebigbiffo · 27-09-2010 11:07AM

SugarHigh wrote: »

I don't think they do get the dole. How would they provide proof of address?

where did it say they were homeless?

FreudianSlippers · 27-09-2010 11:07AM

SugarHigh wrote: »

I don't think they do get the dole. How would they provide proof of address?

hostel?

jtsuited · 27-09-2010 11:09AM

SugarHigh wrote: »

I don't think they do get the dole. How would they provide proof of address?

they get homeless allowance if they don't have an address. Far easier to get than dole, and easier to swindle. Knew some people on it years ago. Was pretty shocked how easy it was for them to get it.

VampiricPadraig · 27-09-2010 11:10AM

Big Issue Please?

starbelgrade · 27-09-2010 11:14AM

It's a well known fact that a large percentage of beggars in Dublin city are "professional" beggars.

I thought everybody knew that.

kfallon · 27-09-2010 11:16AM

I wouldn't give beggars the steam off me piss!

Thanks!

NothingMan · 27-09-2010 11:17AM

SugarHigh wrote: »

I don't think they do get the dole. How would they provide proof of address?

They would probably use a bill from their Sky HD package they have set up in their 4 bedroom house that we pay for too.

SugarHigh · 27-09-2010 11:17AM

jtsuited wrote: »

they get homeless allowance if they don't have an address. Far easier to get than dole, and easier to swindle. Knew some people on it years ago. Was pretty shocked how easy it was for them to get it.

How does that work?

Isn't it possible that a homeless person wouldn't have any ID. So I'm not surprised it's so easy to swindle.

Aidric · 27-09-2010 11:18AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

It's a well known fact that a large percentage of beggars in Dublin city are "professional" beggars.

This is true. You need to watch out for the guys wearing Kurt Geiger slip-ons.

RoadKillTs · 27-09-2010 11:59AM

I wouldn't give beggars the steam off me piss!

Apparently a fart in the face is the done things these days.

bonerm · 27-09-2010 12:11PM

MidlandsM wrote: »

I was listening to the radio this morning and there was beggars/tappers/junkies on being interviewed in Dublin City Centre saying they make €80 a day - and then they'd get the dole also ....

Thoughts?

I know one of the fellas who was on that show. In fact I passed by him yesterday and was about to give him 20cent, but he abruptly stopped me and said "No thanks. I don't work on Sundays".

BaZmO* · 27-09-2010 12:12PM

It's easy to find out what they earn, just check their tax returns.

FreudianSlippers · 27-09-2010 12:18PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

It's easy to find out what they earn, just check their tax returns.

Oh, I see what you did there.

chordtype · 27-09-2010 12:22PM

On Thursday I was walking past a beggar outside of Spar in Drumcondra. I did the usual thing I do and walk past but the guy asked me what time was it. Since it's free for me to tell him the time I said 6.55. The guy got up and hailed down a bloody taxi to take him to Temple Bar.

stovelid · 27-09-2010 12:28PM

chordtype wrote: »

The guy got up and hailed down a bloody taxi to take him to Temple Bar.

Did it have 'Temple Bar' written on it?

Or did the beggar just have a kinda unmistakable Temple Bar-bound feel off him.

gurramok · 27-09-2010 12:29PM

It explains why they all disappear(bar the real hardship cases) off the streets once darkness falls as they are not really homeless. Con artists is the more appropriate description.

Crazy Taxi · 27-09-2010 12:30PM

SugarHigh wrote: »

I don't think they do get the dole. How would they provide proof of address?

Do you seriously think its only homeless people who beg?? I know of at least two people who own their homes and go out "tapping". It is a very lucrative business but not one I'd deliberately get into:D

DHYNZY · 27-09-2010 12:31PM

750 a week... thats *does quick calculation* more than the average industrial wage!

I am sick to my teeth of getting accosted on the street. Its getting ridiculous in this country.

hidinginthebush · 27-09-2010 12:32PM

NothingMan wrote: »

They would probably use a bill from their Sky HD package they have set up in their 4 bedroom house that we pay for too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QINzmRPfMCU

chordtype · 27-09-2010 12:33PM

stovelid wrote: »

Did it have 'Temple Bar' written on it?

Or did the beggar just have a kinda unmistakable Temple Bar-bound feel off him.

No I heard him say Temple Bar as he was getting into the taxi. Although he did seem speak with an english accent and looked like he'd fit in at a bachelor party.

stateofflux · 27-09-2010 12:34PM

stovelid wrote: »

Did it have 'Temple Bar' written on it?

Or did the beggar just have a kinda unmistakable Temple Bar-bound feel off him.

lol that made me laugh....

i always say 'never give a begger money if he is wearing better clothes than you....because he probably isnt a beggar...

mikemac · 27-09-2010 12:40PM

jtsuited wrote: »

they get homeless allowance if they don't have an address. Far easier to get than dole, and easier to swindle. Knew some people on it years ago. Was pretty shocked how easy it was for them to get it.

Got to a link to that? As I've certainly searched and can't find a reference on it

I think your friends were telling your stories

€750 odd a week..

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