The Estate on 3e

burstbuckle · 23-10-2013 11:47PM #1

Just watching the estate on 3e about a council estate in Waterford.Some single mother on bitching about only having 50 cent left in her wallet with a day to go before she gets her lone parent's. What stood out was she was puffing on a cigarette with a 20 box on the table.
What I want to know is there a bank account I could lodge some money into for her or an address I could send a care package of Fag's & blue WKD to tide her over till she gets her mickey money.

Banjo String · 23-10-2013 11:54PM

burstbuckle wrote: »

Just watching the estate on 3e about a council estate in Waterford.Some single mother on bitching about only having 50 cent left in her wallet with a day to go before she gets her lone parent's. What stood out was she was puffing on a cigarette with a 20 box on the table.
What I want to know is there a bank account I could lodge some money into for her or an address I could send a care package of Fag's & blue WKD to tide her over till she gets her mickey money.

WTF size was her wallet yo

wicklowstevo · 23-10-2013 11:55PM

Bally beg is a ****e hole I lived there briefly about en years ago and it hasn't improved .
saying that theres plently of decent hard working people who live there and go to work every day why not put them in a documentary ? coz tv3 3e is tabloid tv trash.
solution . don't watch it

urabell · 24-10-2013 12:01AM

Can't say I'd be terribly upset if we let the Americans carpet bomb Ballybeg in return for letting them use Shannon

up for anything · 24-10-2013 12:02AM

Single mothers all over Ireland praying that another whipping boy is found again soon seeing as the Roma didn't last too long.

Tom_Cruise · 24-10-2013 12:06AM

Waterford is not a city, i would even say its not even a large town. Its tiny.

anncoates · 24-10-2013 12:08AM

burstbuckle wrote: »

Just watching the estate on 3e about a council estate in Waterford.

That must have been a very rewarding evening.

dark crystal · 24-10-2013 12:09AM

Tom_Cruise wrote: »

Waterford is not a city, i would even say its not even a large town. Its tiny.

What are you talking about?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities,_boroughs_and_towns_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland

Banjo String · 24-10-2013 12:10AM

urabell wrote: »

Can't say I'd be terribly upset if we let the Americans carpet bomb Ballybeg in return for letting them use Shannon

Didn't a bloke knock 35 different shades of crap out of some other dude in Swords a few weeks ago. With a baseball bat. In the middle of the day

Good and bad everywhere.

Agent Coulson · 24-10-2013 12:12AM

Is this a repeat of the The Estate that was shown earlier this year or a new series?

wicklowstevo · 24-10-2013 12:13AM

Tom_Cruise wrote: »

Waterford is not a city, i would even say its not even a large town. Its tiny.

sounds like the ranting's of a Kilkenny person bub.

loubeelou · 24-10-2013 12:16AM

burstbuckle wrote: »

Just watching the estate on 3e about a council estate in Waterford.Some single mother on bitching about only having 50 cent left in her wallet with a day to go before she gets her lone parent's. What stood out was she was puffing on a cigarette with a 20 box on the table.
What I want to know is there a bank account I could lodge some money into for her or an address I could send a care package of Fag's & blue WKD to tide her over till she gets her mickey money.

Single mothers.... The cheek of them!!!
What's more...they have the audacity to smoke???
The bleedin b@stards!!!

urabell · 24-10-2013 12:19AM

loubeelou wrote: »

Single mothers.... The cheek of them!!!
What's more...they have the audacity to smoke???
The bleedin b@stards!!!

The point is when funds are low a responsible member of society will cut down on non essentials like smoking, I personally have no problem with her status as a single mother but her status as a sponger is a different story.

Mint Aero · 24-10-2013 12:21AM

More of this on tv please

loubeelou · 24-10-2013 12:22AM

urabell wrote: »

The point is when funds are low a responsible member of society will cut down on non essentials like smoking, I personally have no problem with her status as a single mother but her status as a sponger is a different story.

Is she a sponger cause she gets social welfare ??(as hundreds of thousands of others in this country do)

burstbuckle · 24-10-2013 12:24AM

urabell wrote: »

The point is when funds are low a responsible member of society will cut down on non essentials like smoking, I personally have no problem with her status as a single mother but her status as a sponger is a different story.

Yeah I'm not trying to bash single mothers,they do a great job most of them.
As you say if I'm struggling to keep the lights on (she owed the ESB 800 quid) I'd be prioritizing where my few bob went. A ten euro pack of smokes wouldn't be very high up the list.

pharmaton · 24-10-2013 12:25AM

urabell wrote: »

The point is when funds are low a responsible member of society will cut down on non essentials like smoking, I personally have no problem with her status as a single mother but her status as a sponger is a different story.

afaik in the series she is a working single parent.
Its ok though, as long as people can use their dole to buy weed there is hope that civilisation can be restored.

urabell · 24-10-2013 12:25AM

loubeelou wrote: »

Is she a sponger cause she gets social welfare ??(as hundreds of thousands of others in this country do)

No it's because she doesn't use it to better herself

Person A (responsible member of society) Gets social welfare, after being fed, clothed and housed they save some money for a rainy day or to better themselves with

Person B (sponger) buys drink, cigarettes and then complains when they don't have money for the essesntials

deco nate · 24-10-2013 12:26AM

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Is this a repeat of the The Estate that was shown earlier this year or a new series?

Repeat, it is e 3 after all:)

.Henry Sellers. · 24-10-2013 12:27AM

Can of Worms, ACTIVATE!

hfallada · 24-10-2013 12:27AM

Its great to see TV3 is still continuing with its ground breaking documentaries. I think we were all getting tired of their unbiased traveller documentaries. But its fantastic they are investigating important issues such as people struggling to get by on welfare. I think I see an oscar for them in the future.

burstbuckle · 24-10-2013 12:28AM

loubeelou wrote: »

Is she a sponger cause she gets social welfare ??(as hundreds of thousands of others in this country do)

No but the fact of whinging about having to do without certain day to day items like electricity while she can puff away on a 20 box of jonney blue loses my sympathy

BillyMitchel · 24-10-2013 12:28AM

burstbuckle wrote: »

Just watching the estate on 3e about a council estate in Waterford.Some single mother on bitching about only having 50 cent left in her wallet with a day to go before she gets her lone parent's. What stood out was she was puffing on a cigarette with a 20 box on the table.
What I want to know is there a bank account I could lodge some money into for her or an address I could send a care package of Fag's & blue WKD to tide her over till she gets her mickey money.

Would ye give her one?

burstbuckle · 24-10-2013 12:31AM

BillyMitchel wrote: »

Would ye give her one?

Not even with yours mate,

loubeelou · 24-10-2013 12:33AM

urabell wrote: »

No it's because she doesn't use it to better herself

Person A (responsible member of society) Gets social welfare, after being fed, clothed and housed they save some money for a rainy day or to better themselves with

Person B (sponger) buys drink, cigarettes and them complains when they don't have money for the essesntials

What about person c
A mixture of a and b. responsible etc. but like normal people, feels the need to have the odd beer or cigarette.
And like everyone else in this country, whinges about it at some stage.
I just think single mother tend to be scapegoated for all social welfare grievances.

Mint Aero · 24-10-2013 12:34AM

They should make a weekly programme just following a few single mothers on the scratcher around the place. Preferably overweight ones

urabell · 24-10-2013 12:38AM

loubeelou wrote: »

What about person c
A mixture of a and b. responsible etc. but like normal people, feels the need to have the odd beer or cigarette.
And like everyone else in this country, whinges about it at some stage.
I just think single m

Some weeks I don't have the money to go out for a beer, or even have one at home even though I'd like to, there's people with enough money never to be in that situation. I don't begrudge them and understand that you can't always have everything you want, even more so when you become a parent and are responsible for the life and well being of another. As for moaning, I think that it's way too socially acceptable this day and age, an adherence to stiff upper lip would make the world a happier place.

pharmaton · 24-10-2013 12:42AM

urabell wrote: »

Some weeks I don't have the money to go out for a beer, or even have one at home even though I'd like to, there's people with enough money never to be in that situation. I don't begrudge them and understand that you can't always have everything you want, even more so when you become a parent and are responsible for the life and well being of another. As for moaning, I think that it's way too socially acceptable this day and age, an adherence to stiff upper lip would make the world a happier place.

if she was a single father would you feel the same way? You do realise she works too? Not sitting around on the scratcher?
She may not be the epitome of perfect parenting but you might also aware that there are other individuals portrayed in the series that have spent most of their lives inside having lived a life of crime (and fathering several children non of whose lives they happen to be involved in) and yet you find the lifestyle of the single mother smoking to be a much better target for your condemnation. ?

urabell · 24-10-2013 12:46AM

pharmaton wrote: »

if she was a single father would you feel the same way? You do realise she works too? Not sitting around on the scratcher?
She may not be the epitome of perfect parenting but you might also aware that there are other individuals portrayed in the series that have spent most of their lives inside having lived a life of crime (and fathering several children non of whose lives he is involved in) and yet you find the lifestyle of the single mother smoking to be a much better target for your condemnation. ?

Her status as a single mother and her gender are of no concern to me, if she was a man I'd feel the same. The only reason being a mother comes into it is because it imposes extra responsibilities both fiscally and socially. I also don't care if her money comes from the state or whatever job she has, if she's pissing it away on cancerous tar sticks instead of paying for electricity for herself and a young child it's not wrong to call her out on it.

When the rest of the people in the show are being discussed i'll discuss them, don't worry there's plenty of scorn for everyone

pharmaton · 24-10-2013 12:48AM

urabell wrote: »

Her status as a single mother and her gender are of no concern to me, if she was a man I'd feel the same. The only reason being a mother comes into it is because it imposes extra responsibilities both fiscally and socially. I also don't care if her money comes from the state or whatever job she has, if she's pissing it away on cancerous tar sticks instead of paying for electricity for herself and a young child it's not wrong to call her out on it.

When the rest of the people in the show are being discussed i'll discuss them, don't worry there's plenty of scorn for everyone

I sincerely doubt that (sure she's hardly worth the poke, she's ugly too amirite) but even so, basically you just have an issue with the fact that she smokes. OK.

BillyMitchel · 24-10-2013 12:49AM

Single mothers do get singled out in Ireland but the sad part about it is that it all just focuses on single mothers from working class areas and that is pretty disgusting to be fair.

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