Tents on fire in the city center.
We are hoping this was not intentionally done.
Teams are at location now.
Things really are bad enough on the streets without any malicious behavior. #DontForgetMe pic.twitter.com/6N2NmxPQJo
— Cllr. Anthony Flynn (@AnthonyICHH) December 15, 2020
Last night.
Foley Street, Dublin.
Meanwhile…
This morning.
Inner City Helping Homeless reports that the tent belonged to a rough sleeper, and was not occupied at the time of the fire.
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Quick little one for all the folks in Broadsheet.
A neighbour in our apartment block is causing what you would call anti social behaviour, letting their dog pee every where inside the halls, dumping full ashtrays out her window. The problem is she is on the third floor so cigarette butt’s, some still lighting have blown in people’s window. That type of carry on. The cherry on top, when a group of us complained to the management we found out even after getting all legal notice to leave the property as the owner is selling, she has basically refused to leave and has had homeless charities(I want name them) backing her up. So what the hell are people meant to do, yes she’ll be homeless, but how can the law, charities so on actually back her up.
There’s a lot of stereotypical bleeding heart liberals working in these charities who will believe any old sob story or have convinced themselves it’s society that’s to blame rather than the individual, they may also have codes of practice which forbid them bringing in hearsay to interactions with their ‘clients’ such as, ”yeah we know you need housing but I heard you let your dog pee everywhere and you fling cigarette butts around so we can’t help you”.
I geuinely feel sorry for genuine cases, this toe rag is not one. It’s ridiculous that a property owner who did ever legally can not just get the garda to evict a squatter. I’ll never give another cent to any homeless charity after this.
you know nothing about this tenant’s circumstances but you’re quick to wade in with a judgement about her being a squatter. i’d say you were just looking for an excuse, weren’t you?
What circumstances could be there for her acting like this. By the way if you are refusing to leave while not paying rent you are squatting. It’s not hard to understand.
you don’t know anything about her circumstances and neither do i, but i have the sense to shut up until i do. furthermore you don’t know if she is engaged with the prtb, whether she is still paying rent, whether the landlord has given her proper notice, nothing. you know nothing. shut up until you do.
Be prepared to wait for up to two years for this person to be evicted.
Quickest way: landlord should pay her a few grand to go.
how do you know she isn’t still paying rent to the landlord, an agent or receiver?
Where in my comments did I suggest she wasn’t?
Because I’ve been on the end of her scummy behaviour and have talked to both management company and owner with regards to having the damage done to my property paid for. I’ve been told the full story.
have you spoken to her? if not, they you don’t have the full story.
Yes I have and I waa told its not my dog, its not me blah blah. Yet I know it’s her because I’ve literally seen her. She also had the balls to stop me and complain I reported the damage. She’s simply a scrounger.
You like using that word “evicted”.. Are you by any chance a Blueshirt?
Who used the word evicted.
Rob-G. Tetchy?
Careful – he is a world-renowned expert on the Apple tax
I’ve just noticed that now, sorry.
But what’s wrong with wanting a toe rag like her evicted.
I don’t think it should be impossible to devise a system that deals with anti-social tenants without making it trivial for landlords to evict anyone they want. Then again it shouldn’t be impossible to find secure, affordable, convenient accomodation in our cities and towns, so what do I know.
He’s trying to sell the property and wants her out. She’s refusing to leave and is being backed up by homeless charities, so the anti social behaviour is now because she knows she’s bullet proof.
I think the charity should also be listening to the neighbours in cases like this. If they are a danger to the building safety, or making life there generally unhygienic, because of the smell of dog pee everywhere, then that should be dealt with like everywhere else. People like this use up the system that otherwise could be helping a tenant with genuine needs, and one that is respectful to neighbours.
I only wrote that reply in here so as to get the most views I can.
How can Leo Varadkar retain any sliver of respectability given the way he treats the homeless crisis in this country? Its utter contempt. And on top of this he sent back 19bn of Apple Tax. And still people vote for him? Explain please.
“And on top of this he sent back 19bn of Apple Tax.”
– if you were looking to read something stupid, stop scrolling – here is the stupidest thing you will read all day.
he used his personal stationery, and wrote SWALK on it.
I heard he didn’t send it back because he used his only stamp on the letter to Kylie, so that cheque is still sitting on his desk!
But seriously, anyone who mentions the ”Apple Tax” in this way generally hasn’t the slightest clue about it and indeed most other things that the adults are talking about.
I hear that Leo didn’t actually put in escrow, like he was supposed to – he actually used to dive into and roll around in it, Scrooge McDuck-style.
Sometimes Pascal would come over for a money fight, and they would both express their shared contempt for Irish voters.
I know everything about the Apple tax and it is the single most stupid thing we have ever done in ireland. If one of you geniuses can tell me why it was a good idea lemme know. But don’t give me the “oh if I report them for abuse they might stop loving us’ argument. Only idealogically sick people would deny their people 19bn to curry favour with the worlds richest company. The floor is yours ladies….
“I know everything about the Apple tax ”
Wow, you sound like Trump.
And Trump phrases it differently- No one knows more about the Apple tax than I do. Im from the Big Apple.
But that aside, do you have a defence? Because I know your a Leo Liker.
Nope. Obviously there is nothing that you could learn about the “Apple Tax”.
Thought so. Its. indefensible
For everyone else (except Toby).
If Ireland had sided with the EU that Apple needed to pay the billions in unpaid tax…. we would have seen a total of €0.00;
It went to court. The court found in Apple’s favor. The EU have appealed.
Usual FG codswallop. Corporations should pay their taxes, no exceptions. Why FG choses to allow so much tax go uncollected at the expense of the citizens is beyond me. Its why Fg will never be loved. They will be suffered.
The people who voted for him clearly approve of his homeless policies and I’d doubt the people who voted for FF expected any major deviation. So the question isn’t ‘why Varadkar?’ the question is ‘why voters?’ I’m having very bad thoughts lately about my fellow citizens who seem to be trying to maintain a status quo that isn’t really a status quo at all, but everything slowly sliding towards a number of different catastrophes.
Turf War.
This is so sad, be it arson, or a cigarette falling on a sleeping bag. It shows us yet again how dangerous homelessness is. This is a year of record numbers of people dying while sleeping rough.
Adding to the poignancy of this image, the background is The Lab (DCCs contemporary art gallery) showing an exhibition in their window space entitled ‘What Does He Need?’
“What Does He Need? is a long-term collaborative project by artist & writer Fiona Whelan, theatre company Brokentalkers and Rialto Youth Project, exploring how men and boys are shaped by and influence the world they live in.”
An artwork exploring the complexity of masculinity. However in the case of the person who lived in the tent, the answer is probably quite simply ‘a home’.
Society doesn’t really care to be honest. if we did we would have changed this homeless situation. For the most part all that’s done is to give money to charities (band-aid) when what’s needed is political change (corrective surgery). But we don’t do that here in Ireland and we are happy with that.
aside from going around and forcibly detaining every homeless person each night, how do you propose to ensure that there are no homeless people sleeping rough, ever?
Not society, I would blame political apathy. Politicians have had a long time to solve Ireland’s many problems related to housing crises. They have decided to sit on their hands instead because they have a great little racket going on. As long as there is a housing crisis, house prices and rents stay obscenely high. Most powerful politicians have second or third homes in different counties. Ireland has a massive problem with conflicts of interest.
Irish politicians work hard to get re-elected. They do not work hard to solve societies massive problems.
But why should they when the voters never punish them for NOT solving those problems? Say what you will about protests and demonstrations and popular movements – they’re one of the few ways to move the bloody needle on anything in this country sometimes.
Yes I agree that voters should punish them, but opposition politicians need to get creative in their thinking. There are probably many ways that they can find, to bargain for things they would like to see or strongly believe in. I have not studied politics, or the Irish political system, but surely there are ways of getting the politicians with actual power to get up off their seats and hands and actually do something positive? Solve….a…..problem!
In the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s Irish politicians in power managed to build hundreds of suburbs across the country. That was without computers, networking, modern building technology. How are we worse now at building homes? How?
It isn’t a single simple problem that can easily ‘fixed’ but for those pesky politicians that are thwarting this fix.
A ‘simplified’ counter-example:
Three quarters of the people in the country are home owners (with/without a mortgage). They all have a “vested interest” in prices staying high.
One quarter are renters… they would like lower rent and cheaper houses. Note: This quarter has a higher percentage of non-Irish nationals – so are less likely to vote.
The vast majority of voters want to keep the status quo.
where and when is that figure from, cian?
in 2016, 36% were renting and only 60% owned
Census 2016 says for occupied dwellings:
– 71% are owner occupied (1,146K)
– 20% rent other (326K)
– 9% rent from local authority (143K)
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp1hii/cp1hii/tr/
so, I was slightly off with three quarters. it was 71%.
I think you’ve made a boo boo there Cian. Can I be a pesky so-and-so and ask you to back up your contention that three quarters of the people in the country are home owners. Man, woman and child. Also some back up that the majority of renters are non Irish nationals.
link above (CSO says 71%).
Show me where I said “the majority of renters are non Irish nationals.”
CSO https://data.cso.ie/table/E1073
says
This
quarter29% has a higher percentage of non-Irish nationals – so are less likely to vote.CSO says (based on 2016 and nationality of Reference Person):
All nationalities All properties = 1,697,665
Irish All properties = 1,467,422
non-Irish All properties = 230,243 or 13.6% of all properties are non-Irish
All nationalities rented from private landlord = 309,728
Irish rented from private landlord = 186,734
==> non-Irish rented from private landlord = 122,994 or 40% of rentals are non-Irish.
so there are a lot more non-national
Still no backup for those figures Cian?
Jonathan Corry was GIVEN two homes and he still died on the streets. Whose fault was that?
I’ll tell you what will make absolutely zero difference, giving money to the likes of Anthony Flynn and the multitudes of others like him.
The simplistic takes on this issue are maddening.
Yes there needs to be more social housing and rents and housing should be cheaper, but people will still sleep on the streets.
Drug and alcohol addiction treatment would help but still wouldn’t eliminate the problem.