One year on from Ms Cash's impassioned speech

eurokev · 20-09-2019 3:32pm #1

Was just on Margaret Cash's Facebook and she put up a post reminding us, that just this time last year, she gave an impassioned speech on homelessness outside the gates of the dail and to never give up on fighting to get our home,

Such a strong woman, who now has her home which has a new addition - a little horse, no less - a present she got her son for his birthday.

Inspirational stuff to see on a Friday, when I'm about to head home after a 60odd hour week

McMurphy · 20-09-2019 3:33pm

What a novel and unique idea for a thread.

Wayne Jarvis · 20-09-2019 3:34pm

Ah yes. After the women cycling thread comes the traveller bashing one. What's next, trans people or immigrants?

piplip87 · 20-09-2019 3:37pm

Guy Person wrote: »

Ah yes. After the women cycling thread comes the traveller bashing one. What's next, trans people or immigrants?

It's not traveller bashing. The fact this woman gets over 50k a year in benefits while having to pay maybe 160 quid a month on rent, medical bills all paid etc.... For anybody working to be left with that after rent/mortgage/medical bills they would be earning in excess of 70k.... The fact she is better off financially than thousands of people working is wrong. Every effort should be made to high light how unequal Irish Society really is to the middle class

Deebles McBeebles · 20-09-2019 3:39pm

Where is she keeping the horse?

gifted · 20-09-2019 3:39pm

Guy Person wrote: »

Ah yes. After the women cycling thread comes the traveller bashing one. What's next, trans people or immigrants?

Oh whisht with your crap smart ass reply...it's AH, don't read if you don't like the topic

Wayne Jarvis · 20-09-2019 3:40pm

piplip87 wrote: »

It's not traveller bashing. The fact this woman gets over 50k a year in benefits while having to pay maybe 160 quid a month on rent, medical bills all paid etc.... For anybody working to be left with that after rent/mortgage/medical bills they would be earning in excess of 70k.... The fact she is better off financially than thousands of people working is wrong.

I do agree with you. I can't stand the woman and all she gets but my point was that here is yet another thread about her and no doubt travellers. There plenty of them already.

Kermit.de.frog · 20-09-2019 3:40pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Where is she keeping the horse?

In the stable?

Dr. Bre · 20-09-2019 3:41pm

Never forget #

padd b1975 · 20-09-2019 3:41pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Where is she keeping the horse?

The mind boggles...

gifted · 20-09-2019 3:42pm

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

In the stable?

Coolmore stud ...lol lol

Fiftyfilthy · 20-09-2019 3:43pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Where is she keeping the horse?

In her over sized klopper

Deebles McBeebles · 20-09-2019 3:45pm

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

In the stable?

Didn't think they had many stables in housing estates in Tallaght.

McMurphy · 20-09-2019 3:47pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Where is she keeping the horse?

Outside.

Fcuk your Honda civic btw.

Your Face · 20-09-2019 3:48pm

Any chance this pish could moved over to the Current Affairs asylum?

Make AH great again.

20-09-2019 3:49pm

Winter is coming!!!

topper75 · 20-09-2019 3:51pm

A year, eh.
There'll have a been a new state-funded baba since?
Or could she be done finally.

Rx713B · 20-09-2019 3:54pm

Guy Person wrote: »

Ah yes. After the women cycling thread comes the traveller bashing one. What's next, trans people or immigrants?

Id say your great craic at parties

Wayne Jarvis · 20-09-2019 3:56pm

Rx713B wrote: »

Id say your great craic at parties

Haha! If you go to parties and spend your time giving out about Margaret Cash then you go to the wrong kind of parties.

20-09-2019 4:05pm

I'll never forget the fawning media coverage, sold us a sob story without bothering to dig a little deeper into her background. As a consequence, my trust in RTÉ was eroded completely.

Kermit.de.frog · 20-09-2019 4:06pm

Why are you all begrudging this woman her good fortune at your expense?

Shocking.

Deebles McBeebles · 20-09-2019 4:11pm

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Why are you all begrudging this woman her good fortune at your expense?

I really want a horse

20-09-2019 4:12pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

I really want a horse

#metoo

BattleCorp · 20-09-2019 4:13pm

eurokev wrote: »

Such a strong woman, who now has her home which has a new addition - a little horse, no less - a present she got her son for his birthday.

I'm sure as the good upstanding citizen that she is, she is in compliance with The Control of Horses Act 1996 by having a licence for the horse and ensuring that it is microchipped and has a passport.

Deebles McBeebles · 20-09-2019 4:15pm

Deleted User wrote: »

#metoo

Do you also not have the money or facilities to house a horse, Maryanne? Those would be the main 2 reasons why I wouldn't get a horse.

14dMoney · 20-09-2019 4:18pm

topper75 wrote: »

A year, eh.
There'll have a been a new state-funded baba since?
Or could she be done finally.

No, though I think her jailbird husband has been released, so there's probably a bit more welfare coming in now.

One eyed Jack · 20-09-2019 4:19pm

eurokev wrote: »

Was just on Margaret Cash's Facebook and she put up a post reminding us, that just this time last year, she gave an impassioned speech on homelessness outside the gates of the daily and to never give up on fighting to get our home,

Such a strong woman, who now has her home which has a new addition - a little horse, no less - a present she got her son for his birthday.

Inspirational stuff to see on a Friday, when I'm about to head home after a 60odd hour week

Your comparison is just daft tbh. You don’t actually envy her lifestyle because it’s shìte compared to your own, and working 60odd hours a week if you feel you’re not being paid enough, that’s a conversation you need to have with your employers.

piplip87 wrote: »

It's not traveller bashing. The fact this woman gets over 50k a year in benefits while having to pay maybe 160 quid a month on rent, medical bills all paid etc.... For anybody working to be left with that after rent/mortgage/medical bills they would be earning in excess of 70k.... The fact she is better off financially than thousands of people working is wrong. Every effort should be made to high light how unequal Irish Society really is to the middle class

You’re right, it’s not “traveller bashing” (stupid phrase anyway), it’s another whinge thread about “how unequal Irish Society really to the middle classes”, sure God love ya :pac:

You’re mistaking gossip and speculation for facts, but don’t let that stop you having a good whinge all the same.

topper75 · 20-09-2019 4:26pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

I really want a horse

You shouldn't be taking this up with us. Get down to your local People Before Profit clinic and empower yourself.
When they are finally in government, we will all have horses, one for every garden and ENDLESS DOLE for EVERYONE.

Hector Savage · 20-09-2019 4:37pm

piplip87 wrote: »

It's not traveller bashing. The fact this woman gets over 50k a year in benefits while having to pay maybe 160 quid a month on rent, medical bills all paid etc.... For anybody working to be left with that after rent/mortgage/medical bills they would be earning in excess of 70k.... The fact she is better off financially than thousands of people working is wrong. Every effort should be made to high light how unequal Irish Society really is to the middle class

I think it's actually more, a PAYE worker would need to be on 80K+ a year to make as much as she does.
It's a disgrace.
I'll stop here or ill be permabanned.

blanch152 · 20-09-2019 4:44pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Where is she keeping the horse?

Does it fit in the back garden with the trampoline?

Greyfox · 20-09-2019 4:46pm

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Your comparison is just daft tbh. You don’t actually envy her lifestyle because it’s shìte compared to your own, and working 60odd hours a week if you feel you’re not being paid enough, that’s a conversation you need to have with your employers.

It's not, people like Ms cash are sc*m. They ruin it for the people who are genuinely in need and its not fair on people who work. In my opinion if a person chooses to work 60 hours a week every week instead of getting a free house that person is an eejit

Thelonious Monk · 20-09-2019 4:47pm

Did she actually get a forever gaf? Where's it at?

Church on Tuesday · 20-09-2019 4:49pm

BattleCorp wrote: »

I'm sure as the good upstanding citizen that she is, she is in compliance with The Control of Horses Act 1996 by having a licence for the horse and ensuring that it is microchipped and has a passport.

Good one.

14dMoney · 20-09-2019 4:53pm

Hector Savage wrote: »

I think it's actually more, a PAYE worker would need to be on 80K+ a year to make as much as she does.
It's a disgrace.
I'll stop here or ill be permabanned.

"The dole is my shepherd, I shall not work." Anto 4:15

DavidLyons_ · 20-09-2019 4:56pm

She’s a thieving, sponging, whinging scumbag.

Life eventually gives people like that their comeuppance. Roll on the day...

One eyed Jack · 20-09-2019 5:08pm

Greyfox wrote: »

It's not, people like Ms cash are sc*m. They ruin it for the people who are genuinely in need and its not fair on people who work. In my opinion if a person chooses to work 60 hours a week every week instead of getting a free house that person is an eejit

How do you determine who is or isn’t genuinely in need? Clearly she and her children are in need of assistance and they’re as entitled to assistance as anyone else who finds themselves in similar circumstances. Their circumstances have no bearing on anyone else and what’s fair or unfair isn’t decided by them, it’s decided by decidedly middle class civil servants. Your beef is really with the people who decide how much people are entitled to once they meet the criteria for whatever they qualify for. Anyone comparing their circumstances to Ms. Cash or bitching about her circumstances and suggesting that what she’s entitled to has any bearing on their circumstances is being silly.

There’s literally no such thing as a free house, and nobody has the right nor is entitled to a free house. However many hours a person chooses to work a week is only relevant if they’re trying to claim social welfare. If they choose to work 60 hours a week to fund their lifestyle, that still doesn’t give them any entitlement to determine what anyone else should be entitled to in welfare. It just comes off as bitter and spiteful.

I regularly do 80 hours a week, and I’m paid a salary I’m satisfied with. It’s not the people like Ms. Cash who decide how much I should pay in tax. That decision is made by middle class civil servants who quite frankly I really don’t have any sympathy for whatsoever. There’s nothing unfair in what was never an equal comparison on any level to begin with.

Yer Da sells Avon · 20-09-2019 5:19pm

Greyfox wrote: »

In my opinion if a person chooses to work 60 hours a week every week instead of getting a free house that person is an eejit

I work over 50 hours most weeks and a large chunk of that goes towards rent. I've seen Margaret Cash speak/shout and I don't envy her one bit. What a chaotic life she's had. Even on a bad day in work, I'd sooner have my life. Not everything has to be about money.

lawred2 · 20-09-2019 5:21pm

I'd say the horse is for herself

20-09-2019 5:29pm

eurokev wrote: »

Was just on Margaret Cash's Facebook and she put up a post reminding us, that just this time last year, she gave an impassioned speech on homelessness outside the gates of the dail and to never give up on fighting to get our home,

Such a strong woman, who now has her home which has a new addition - a little horse, no less - a present she got her son for his birthday.

Inspirational stuff to see on a Friday, when I'm about to head home after a 60odd hour week

Serious question. Do you creep on Margaret Cash's Facebook a lot?

Is that a thing that people are doing?

The fixation with her is fairly surreal.

Cordell · 20-09-2019 5:34pm

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

I work over 50 hours most weeks and a large chunk of that goes towards rent. I've seen Margaret Cash speak/shout and I don't envy her one bit. What a chaotic life she's had. Even on a bad day in work, I'd sooner have my life. Not everything has to be about money.

No one want her life, no one envies her. We just have a little tiny wee problem with the fact that we're paying for it.

lola85 · 20-09-2019 5:38pm

Cordell wrote: »

No one want her life, no one envies her. We just have a little tiny wee problem with the fact that we're paying for it.

Exactly.

Like the outrage about insurance fraud hitting us all, so does this sham of a woman.

Are we not allowed mention it now?

Yer Da sells Avon · 20-09-2019 5:39pm

Cordell wrote: »

No one want her life, no one envies her. We just have a little tiny wee problem with the fact that we're paying for it.

I don't know about you, but I'm paying for my own life. And my landlord's life, I suppose, but I try not to think about that.

20-09-2019 5:42pm

Cordell wrote: »

No one want her life, no one envies her. We just have a little tiny wee problem with the fact that we're paying for it.

How much do you think one family of that size, on welfare, costs you?

I'm not talking about how much their welfare is. I'm asking whether you are aware of how much it costs you?

Give a wild guess

Pure stab in the dark?

topper75 · 20-09-2019 5:46pm

DavidLyons_ wrote: »

She’s a thieving, sponging, whinging scumbag.

Life eventually gives people like that their comeuppance. Roll on the day...

Hold on - you can't say that! :eek: You'll be done for libel.

...actually no, sorry - each adjective actually checks out with documented behaviour.

Carry on.

topper75 · 20-09-2019 5:49pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

How much do you think one family of that size, on welfare, costs you?

I'm not talking about how much their welfare is. I'm asking whether you are aware of how much it costs you?

Give a wild guess

Pure stab in the dark?

Almost 100 years a republic here, and it seems from the above that you are still not getting it.

Yer Da sells Avon · 20-09-2019 5:50pm

DavidLyons_ wrote: »

She’s a thieving, sponging, whinging scumbag.

Life eventually gives people like that their comeuppance. Roll on the day...

You can tell by looking at (and listening to) her that she's had a tough life, from the very outset. Maybe the few free things is her comeuppance.

20-09-2019 5:52pm

topper75 wrote: »

Almost 100 years a republic here, and it seems from the above that you are still not getting it.

I am. Someone complained about having to pay for her. I asked if they know how much she costs that person in tax.

Simple question.

The amount of fretting and hysteria is incredible. She hasn't even done anything this time, some grown man has just been creeping on her FB and saw one of those stupid 'This Time Last year' anniversaries.

All over what, costing you personally 10c? 40c per year?

Life's too short.

Cordell · 20-09-2019 5:54pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

How much do you think one family of that size, on welfare, costs you?

I'm not talking about how much their welfare is. I'm asking whether you are aware of how much it costs you?

Give a wild guess

Pure stab in the dark?

Welfare spending it's about 30% of tax revenue so if I'm trusting CSO and my understanding of their data, it's a four figure number annually. How much of that goes to people like her, I don't know.

20-09-2019 5:56pm

Cordell wrote: »

Welfare spending it's about 30% of tax revenue so if I'm trusting CSO and my understanding of their data, it's a four figure number annually. How much of that goes to people like her, I don't know.

If you're around the median wage or average industrial wage, probably no more than 40 cent per year. Depending on your tax credits and age.

Is it really worth the anger?

Alrigghtythen · 20-09-2019 6:03pm

How much is the father contributing or is he still living courtesy of the state?

Bob Harris · 20-09-2019 6:06pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Where is she keeping the horse?

In bed, she's riding it.

One year on from Ms Cash's impassioned speech

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