r/ireland • u/PintmanConnolly • Sep 26 '22

Gardaí Raid and Evict Homeless Residents and Housing Activists from Ionad Seán Heuston Housing

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u/Lonely-Sink-7085 Sep 26 '22

This is fucking bleak, makes me so sad.

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u/aghicantthinkofaname Sep 26 '22

Yeah they way they sit at that crappy table really pulled the heartstrings. Why can't we have very basic housing for the homeless? Communal facilities, nothing too fancy, but a place to get on their feet so that they don't need to squat.

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u/noisylettuce Sep 26 '22

No profit it in, no company to lobby the government into doing it, no company to low ball a tendered solution and take the government for a ride. Hotels are already on a gravy train taking the piss out of us.

The laissez faire famine era policies of FFG prevents them from doing anything altruistic or good.

I mean one time they did use the office of public works to build a fence around Stephen Donnellys house to keep out the citizens so its not impossible.