Woman and 2 kids evicted from emergency accommodation....

Menas · 30-09-2014 06:53PM #1

...on her return from holidays in spain.

http://www.thejournal.ie/edel-maher-homeless-dublin-hotel-1699174-Sep2014/

So this woman and her kids seem to have been evicted for breaking the rules by speaking to a journalist about her plight in emergency accommodation.

Then she goes to spain for a holiday (gift from her parents) and on her return she was evicted.
Got a feeling this story will run and run. Seems to me that this she was not in need of emergency accommodation if she was off to spain for a holiday.

Doom · 30-09-2014 06:58PM

Lots of poor mouth 'me ma' paid for the holiday stories with "single" mothers and criminal type persons always on the news...wasn't their a fella asking a Judge to delay his sentening because he was going on hols paid for by his family....boo hoo.

Donkey Oaty · 30-09-2014 06:59PM

Is she actually living in a tent on a pavement with her two kids, or is that picture illustrating the article completely misleading?

whatdoicare · 30-09-2014 07:03PM

Waitaminute, so her folks can afford a holiday to Spain for her and her kids but cant afford to put her up or help with the rent?? Really?

Also, did I read this wrong or did she take them out of school to go on holidays??

dmc17 · 30-09-2014 07:09PM

Ah yes. If I had a child and grandchildren who were as good as homeless, the first thing I'd assume they would be in need of was a week in Spain.

dmc17 · 30-09-2014 07:12PM

a week-long holiday in Spain, which was a gift from her parents

JONJO THE MISER · 30-09-2014 07:15PM

Looks to me that hotel wants to take the money of the state and then not provide a adequate service.
And whats wrong with her taking a holiday, im sure she was been through enough the last year.

Gatling · 30-09-2014 07:17PM

Her room was given to another family who needed it .

conorh91 · 30-09-2014 07:19PM

Trigger Happy wrote: »

http://www.thejournal.ie/edel-maher-homeless-dublin-hotel-1699174-Sep2014/

What's that picture about? Someone has erected a tent on paving flags, with no contents inside, for a photo shoot. Are we sure she is living in a tent?

As others have said, I can't believe that her parents bought her a holiday and allow their grandkids to sleep in a tent.

Is this the same woman who refused to take up accommodation outside of Dublin, and preferred to sleep in her car?

If so, she's giving homeless people a bad name.

There are far more deserving cases out there.

mikeym · 30-09-2014 07:21PM

Surely her parents would take them in.

Gatling · 30-09-2014 07:22PM

conorh91 wrote: »

Is this the same woman who refused to take up accommodation outside of Dublin, and preferred to sleep in her car?

If so, she's giving homeless people a bad name.

There are far more deserving cases out there.

No it's not the same lady .

she looks well for someone who slept in a tent on paving like that.
Without any sleeping bags or personal belongings by the look of the picture

dmc17 · 30-09-2014 07:23PM

mikeym wrote: »

Surely her parents would take them in.

Nah, not for something as trivial as being homeless. On the other hand, if she needed a holiday, then maybe........

Birneybau · 30-09-2014 07:25PM

Saw them on the way home, camped beside Sunnybank Hotel.

30-09-2014 07:29PM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Looks to me that hotel wants to take the money of the state and then not provide a adequate service.
And whats wrong with her taking a holiday, im sure she was been through enough the last year.

What was inadequate about the service while she was there?
If she can afford a holiday or her parents can then she has no excuse for sleeping in a tent with her kids. Well, no reasonable one.

Menas · 30-09-2014 08:34PM

Birneybau wrote: »

Saw them on the way home, camped beside Sunnybank Hotel.

Were they really camping or was it a play to the cameras?

MistyCheese · 30-09-2014 08:51PM

Maybe they're just queueing early for the next set of Garth Brooks tickets.

Kermit.de.frog · 30-09-2014 08:54PM

Holiday, Spain, Emergency, Accommodation - 4 key words. More to this than meets the eye I think.

kingchess · 30-09-2014 08:57PM

I reckon the holiday did her good.,did she stay in a hotel while abroad I wonder?/

Gatling · 30-09-2014 08:58PM

kingchess wrote: »

I reckon the holiday did her good.,did she stay in a hotel while abroad I wonder?/

Emergency accommodation in a sunny climate

indigo twist · 30-09-2014 08:59PM

F*ck sake. Myself and my partner both work fulltime but have never been able to afford a holiday abroad. I guess at least this lady doesn't need to fork out 12k a year in creche fees like we do.

When my parents insisted on buying us a present, it was a buggy - something we actually needed and couldn't afford - not a fecking holiday in Spain.

Fair play to that hotel - they are clearly aware that there are plenty of families out there who depend on emergency accommodation and need the room a lot more.

michellie · 30-09-2014 09:01PM

Ah ffs, I'm sick of reading **** like this.

ceadaoin. · 30-09-2014 09:14PM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Looks to me that hotel wants to take the money of the state and then not provide a adequate service.
And whats wrong with her taking a holiday, im sure she was been through enough the last year.

Well because she is homeless. Surely in that situation her priority should be finding somewhere to live with her kids, not wasting money on a holiday when it could have been used to sort out a place

She has been in the emergency accommodation for over a year. I wonder if she has actually been trying to find somewhere to live in that time? It's supposed to be a short term solution. I'd hate to think there were people in need being turned away because this woman is taking the piss. I hope that isn't the case.

shruikan2553 · 30-09-2014 09:18PM

People would rather be homeless than live elsewhere in the country? Why do they even entertain these idiots.

30-09-2014 09:25PM

Was she evicted, or did the Hotel let a vacant room to someone in need?

cynicalcough · 30-09-2014 09:28PM

There's something very strange about this story. Judging by her very public facebook profile she is very active in advocating for homelessness. Smells like some kind of dodgy Shinner stunt to me

dmc17 · 30-09-2014 09:28PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Was she evicted, or did the Hotel let a vacant room to someone in need?

Looks like they let the room to someone who needed it while she was sunning herself in Spain

NickD · 30-09-2014 09:30PM

I'm calling bullsh1t. She hasn't a hint of a colour, her legs are like milk bottles. She was never in Spain.

conorh91 · 30-09-2014 09:40PM

I note the absence of the bleeding heart responses from this topic.

Asking for sympathy may be one step too far, even for the Kitty Holland Brigade of Latté Day Saints.

KKkitty · 30-09-2014 09:40PM

NickD wrote: »

I'm calling bullsh1t. She hasn't a hint of a colour, her legs are like milk bottles. She was never in Spain.

Maybe she doesn't tan well. Where is the children's father in all this. Why isn't he making sure his kids have a roof over their heads?

michael999999 · 30-09-2014 09:47PM

She nerds to get appointed to a board , that'll solve her money problems?

Does she know anyone in Fine Gael?

KungPao · 30-09-2014 09:59PM

Birneybau wrote: »

Saw them on the way home, camped beside Sunnybank Hotel.

Camping by the Sunnybank?

That sounds nice, at least.

Hope she brought the buckets and spades back from her trip to Spain.

Woman and 2 kids evicted from emergency accommodation....

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