From left: Tessi Bellard (2 children), Ruth Coppinger TD, Danielle Adderley (2 children), AAA Ccouncillor Sandra Kavanagh, Mellisa Rothwell (2 children and expecting), Edel McElroy (3 children).
This morning.
Porterstown Road, Castleknock, Co Dublin
A number of homeless families, supported by the Anti-Austerity Alliance (AAA) and Socialist Party TD, Ruth Coppinger after taking over a house on a NAMA controlled development to “highlight the need to use NAMA land for social housing“.
Most of the women [see caption] are homeless “due to being unable to afforded the rise in rents for the private accommodation they were living in” according to the Anti-Austerity Alliance.
Yesterday: Meanwhile, In Castleknock
(Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie)
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When can I get my free house?
Pretend your a refugee, You’ll get one in no time…
*you’re
As in, you’re an idiot.
When you’re kicked out of Young Fine Gael. But it won’t be free. You have to pay rent to the council for it.
Okay, but how come I’m allowed to have one for cheaper than everyone else?
Doesn’t seem fair to me.
You’re being obtuse and you know it.
Good grief! Stop moaning about what’s unfair. The increase in social housing will benefit us all in the long run. The more housing needs are met, the less demand there will be for private rentals, which will drive rents down. And there was never anything stopping you from putting your name on the housing list. Why don’t you do it now? You never know what may happen in ten years’ time!
well done to all,and shaddap troll!
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What’s the alternative, thousands on the streets, sleeping rough?
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Fool
The poor girl in the middle has plastic bags for shoes Joe….
LOL…committed to the protest but not ‘dirty shoes’ committed
ooh ooh! I TOO would like a house!!
Then apply for one, like everyone else.
Damn this, I want a country, Mamma Merkel…
sorry are you homeless or the VICTIM of staunch austerity diddy? or just blue shirt trolling?
Most of the women [see caption] are homeless “due to being unable to afforded the rise in rents for the private accommodation they were living in”
– move somewhere cheaper? That’s what other people who can’t afford their rented accommodation have to do.
You can’t be expecting people to think for themselves in this day and age, what with the invention of the smart phone etc.
To some of these people living outside Dublin would be like living on another planet… in fairness.
community
Zero sympathy. Has anyone suggested they stop having kids?! I’d love to have had kids, did the maths, couldn’t afford it, didn’t have them.
Children is their capital. Always is for the pewer. They lack imagination.
you have seen ‘idiocracy’, i presume?
Yeah, I saw the beginning of it. Happy to let the human race wallow in its ever-decreasing gene pool…at least my descendants won’t have to suffer!
Idiocracy is brilliant – and if you like that, I suggest you check out Meritocracy. It’s set in a dystopian present, where an entire class of people, who had been taught that if they worked hard, invested in their education and collected currency in the form of Merits, find that – in a shocking plot twist – the benefits they had understood were to accrue to them have mysteriously been hoovered up by a new parasitical class, leaving them no better off than the detested underclass. However, having been raised to see themselves as above solidarity with those who had never been in a position to acquire the now-useless Merits, they decide to live their lives as blind worms underground, rejecting the idea of working towards a different society and instead clinging with desperate poignancy to the relics of their old currency.
That explains the emptiness and lack of empathy, never knew people like you existed till a few days ago when I came across one of your kind, no connect with people just money, all about the bean counting ,no life outside their workplace, creeped the f++k out of me.
Having children shouldn’t be a privilege of the wealthy.
I forgot to add,
You horrible cretin.
Everybody needs to feel warmth somehow.
Sex is cheap, (free), cheaper than a bale of briquettes…lasts longer too if you do it right…
…and then…KIDS…
What did you expect?
source;
I have millions of kids and I don’t know how to change the cylinder on a SuperSer, or change a fuse, or switch on an immersion, or set fire to a factory.
It wasn’t me.
I didn’t leave the immersion on.
Stop bugging me.
Would it be better if I had my three kids (which was the number I wanted) and then ended up homeless along with them due to a severe lack of finances, and sought someone else to resolve my issues? I’m not sure why that makes me a horrible cretin!
Yes, I have zero sympathy for people who bring children into this world without having thought through whether they can provide adequately for that child. Poverty sucks. I am far from affluent myself.
Having children shouldn’t be a privilege of the wealthy and our economic and social policies should reflect that.
You need to focus on the reasons why you can’t afford children, not blame the people who do… i.e; child care costs, housing costs.
An increase in social housing will benefit everyone. Well besides property speculators, investors.
You’re logic is flawed Loocy. Having children brings with it, for many, an incredible drive and energy to provide for them. We have to live courageously or the world would be a dull place. Increasingly people are struggling but don’t be surprised if having children brings unexpected benefits.
What a lovely display of bright and enlighten comments…
Sure, blame homeless people, economic migrants (rich coming from Irish people), refugees, name them…
I remember when Ireland had a more caring community centric approach to life. Greed was rare and confined to people in politics and shameful individuals who fed off others’ misfortune (The original Gombeen man).
Now Ireland seems to be full of greed merchants, gombeens, selfish little pricks who think they exist in isolation from their fellow citizens and have a deliberately ignorant view of how societies work and interact with other to survive.
If you think it is normal to mock and oppress those who haven’t had all the tools to make it in life, then shame on you. If you want a society that abandons people like that, then remember this. It will also abandon you.
I agree, but what’s the solution, do you have a contact for the A team?
What a load of sanctimonious plop. Who are you? DeValera’s ghost?
“have a deliberately ignorant view of how societies work and interact with other to survive.” How DO societies work? Is there a rule book?
“greed merchants, gombeens, selfish little pricks” When was Ireland not full of these types of people?
Oh look, another horrible cretin.
How does society work? Google is your friend.. You might get the answer there.
Ok so what your saying is people who have kids without having their Sh%t together should take prority over people who work pay tax etc etc? yes they are having a rough time but why should they live in state subsidised house while working girls pay €900 a month for a bedsit in the private sector?
” ‘without having their Sh%t together”
Could you try thinking a little harder, about why there are huge increases in people ending up homeless. Go on away and have a good think it. Don’t hurt yourself now.
Anne, on ya go now, yer roots need doin before yer shift starts :P
Did I accidentally click on a daily mail comments section?
I think you did. I don’t like it here. It’s scary!
It seems that after Broadsheet was challenged by DOB over the IRBC affair, it has now come under the attention of the FG shill room. Only explanation for it tbh.
Would explain the me fein attitude, I’m sure that Rik Mayall never expected his creation Alan B’stard to be the type of person that FG members would aspire to emulate.
Ah good aul stereotypes. All Fine Gaelers are indeed like Alan B;stard and all poor people, are simply because of being poor, brilliant people.
I reckon you’re correct. These are not regular BS posters, but assh#les parachuted in.
It must be terribly upsetting for you to have your standard soft-left trendy prejudices not immediately acclaimed by all and sundry.
I will stand by my FG stereotype of profit at any cost but nowhere did I claim that the poor were all brilliant.
The rents are much cheaper outside Dublin.
Family, community, schools, things real people interact with, we all know your employer has social interaction problems.
Yes, he sends the heavies round at midnight to tell you to consider your position instead of sitting down with you like a human being.
There is no community or school outside of Dublin? It’s not a human right to live near your family as anyone who has had to move away for work can attest to.
It’s one thing to demand social housing but it is another thing entirely to demand social housing where you want it. If you are unwilling to move a few miles down the road then you are not desperate. Perhaps it is OK to demand social housing within walking distance of Dundrum shopping centre?
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I wouldn’t be able to buy (possibly even rent) in the area that I grew up in, so I moved somewhere else where I can, and have adapted quite nicely.
That’s life, nearly everybody else just gets on with it.
Moving also takes money, minimum €2k, these people don’t have that sort of cash.
I’m genuinely shocked by the narrow minded, self-centred, ignorant, jealous views expressed here. Vulnerable people are suffering enormously at the hands of the vicious austerity based policies of the last 8 years. Policies that were designed to provide a safety net/rescue blanket for greedy speculators, Ponzi schemesters and whatever else, all at the expense of the state. at the expense if its citizens.
These people are continuing to get away with bleeding the state dry, stripping it of its meagre resources, and hindering its growth. And yet, let’s blame it on homeless families. ITS THEIR FAULT THAT WE ARE SHACKLED BY THE DEBT OF OUR BETTER-OFFS.
Hear hear!
Agreed! Ireland needs to have much better social housing and more of it, because there’s a population boom here and the shizz will really hit the fan in 10 years if they don’t sort it out now.
Dudes ease up on the 0.2% (source McDreamy) , IMO we are all on welfare one way or another , its alll about perspective.
Welfare for the Rich: When a developer who is buds with a politician or a snr civil servand suddenly (legally Im sure) gets the contract to house a Government department in one of his offices.
But they are not looking for affordable housing, they are looking for free housing?
There’s no such thing as free housing. They would pay rent.
This is from another angle a question of philosophy. Girls with poor educational attainment levels are the ones having kids young. The state picks up the tab for rent allowance etc etc on apts. some are genuinely in need, others are milking the system with boyfriends supplementing income. The state is trying to end this cycle by offering a carrot and stick approach, subsidised crèches , courses, work placement. All proven to improve matters and end the welfare trap. Nevertheless girls who educate themselves don’t get pregnant at 21, get and job then later on get pregnant get sweet fa from the state in rent allowance OR crèche subsidy. They work to provide for themselves and those who don’t. THAT is what pisses people off when they see other women with their hands in the air looking for the state to solve their problems. And I don’t give a fupp what people say I think they’ve a right to be.
Don’t be ridiculous. You are not allowed to question the motives or history of anyone DEMANDING public money. Every one of them is equally worthy and we should accept their demands on face value without the least questioning of the decisions that they made to get where they are. They are all victims with no agency.
leaving aside your obvious facetiousness, you assume that anyone who works, pays rent or a mortgage is going to be secure in a tenancy, not face financial or medical problems and tip along in life all fine and dandy. you are sorely, sadly and terribly mistaken. it can and does happen to anyone.
the welfare system should be a safety net for all. while there are a number of people who’ll never be in a position to ‘better’ themselves, some come from generations of abuse, dysfunction etc. most long-term homeless have simply no idea or insight as to what a normal, functioning home looks like. the view that society is equal, and affords equal opportunity to all is a filthy lie.
We have reversed evolution in this country. The bright and motivated and hardworking whose parents (plural) ensured they got an education are leaving in their droves for London and other bright spots. Those who remain want the taxpayer to give them and their offspring a house.
To all the sanctimonious pricks on here complaining about poor people having children when they can’t afford to, you do realise that Children’s Allowance is not means-tested right?
This means public money funds ALL families that have children.
If you feel annoyed about your taxes paying for poor people’s children, how do you feel about subsidising rich people’s kids???
I think the idea of giving children’s allowance to everyone is that it would be too expensive to means-test, and that a progressive tax system means that the state will take back the children’s allowance (and then some) through higher earners paying higher taxes.
The children of rich and poor alike benefit from free education, and I doubt that you will find many people objecting to that; I think what people object to is a certain small but vocal section of the population who want everything for free. Not only do they want it for free, but exactly according to their specifications (e.g., only a house in Dublin 15 will do).
Pretend your stinking rich and you could get 90% discount and spread the rest of the shortfall amongst us the tax payers. MOTHERFUPPING genius. What a country.
Yes, and you’ll also be awarded a government contract to build sheds, oops I mean modular homes.