young mother dies of hypothermia in flat, after council refused to fix heating

North_West_Art · 2011-01-31 12:55:11

I have just noticed this headline on another discussion board, seemingly there is no mention of this story on RTE, we have reached a new all time low in this country http://www.thejournal.ie/woman-died-of-hypothermia-in-flat-after-council-refused-to-fix-heating-2011-01/#comments

31-01-2011 01:55PM

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I have just noticed this headline on another discussion board, seemingly there is no mention of this story on RTE, we have reached a new all time low in this country
http://www.thejournal.ie/woman-died-of-hypothermia-in-flat-after-council-refused-to-fix-heating-2011-01/#comments

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#2 31-01-2011 01:57PM

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Was the kettle broken too?

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#3 31-01-2011 01:57PM

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Maybe you should be reading this message board first.....

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#4 31-01-2011 02:06PM

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I seriously hope someones head rolls for this..

Jesus christ, thats pissed me off.

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#5 31-01-2011 02:07PM

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Why didn't she stay with her mother?

There's more to this than "evil government kills young mother". Why would she stay there when it was too cold to sleep? Perhaps the council didn't refuse to fix her heating, but it wasn't possible at that time for whatever reason. Maybe they offered her alternative accomodation until such a time as the heating could be fixed?

From the looks of it, regeneration was under way and she was one of these contrary people who would rather stay in a cold & dingy flat than accept new accommodation elsewhere.

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#6 31-01-2011 02:09PM

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This thread has already been done in AH and locked.

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#7 31-01-2011 02:11PM

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Indeed, it's been discussed at length. We're waiting for the inquest.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056162994&highlight=hypothermia

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