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A MAN HAS died following an accident in Cork this afternoon.
The farmer was attempting to repair the roof of a shed which had been damaged during Storm Ophelia.
The incident happened on land in Kilgarriff outside Clonakilty.
His body was removed to Cork University Hospital where a post-mortem will take place.
Gardaí and the Health and Safety Authority are investigating the incident.
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Just wait for the articles over the next few days that blame landlords, OAPs, property owners with vacant properties etc.
The government is great at deflecting the responsibility from themselves.
My sister went to Australia, needed money in the bank and a job secured before leaving. Just sayin :-)
@Danny foley: What are you suggesting? How much money & how long she stay? Why she go there if she was able to earn presumably alot here to go there in the first place?
@Jay Lane:
Have you considered that there may be others reasons people would like to emigrate to Australia for other than money?
Why is the sub heading highlighting that one in five are women?
@Darren Norris: It should be highlighting 4 out of 5 are men.
@Niall Sullivan: exactly. Utterly bizarre.
@Darren Norris:
Its clickbait for Veronica to come on here demanding equality
@Niall Sullivan: Or it could have said “just one in five are women”, but no the author takes the Titanic approach…women and children first.
Horrible night to have been out last night, bitter wind and cold, you know solving the homeless crisis takes imagination , I know a lot of people end up again homeless after being housed because paying bills and drug taking is not compatible, we need lodgings, similar to students where a single payment covers the rent and utility bill at least for a few years. otherwise they just end up back on the streets.
@Dáithí Ó Raghallaigh: Leo fans think they should just wear more clothes.
Can’t lord Bono donate some of his hidden loot to the homeless
@Kevin Moylan: Go easy. The “poor” man is “distressed”.
You wouldn’t let a dog out on a night like last night but the government let human beings sleep in the streets in a city with 4000 empty houses.
@Fifty Shades of Sé: What about the people who are on the streets because of bad decisions? Decided to take heroin. Decided to overindulge in alcohol. Decided it was a good idea to start drinking alcohol before lunch. Decided not to work because they couldn’t be bothered to make an effort. Got kicked out of their home because they were argumentative & caused too much trouble. Are the rest of us supposed to care & provide them with a home?
@Cindy Crawford: It’s the government’s bad decisions that are increasing homelessness. There were only about 1000 people homeless in the whole country until a few years ago.
From what I can see there are lots of non-nationals now sleeping rough on the streets of Cork. Proving services will attract more people from around the world and the services will never keep up with the demand. So we are now looking at a permanent crisis. This is unacceptable and we have to stop letting people into the state who can’t support themselves. Nor should Patrick Street be an acceptable place for sleeping rough. The place is looking like a slum.
@VladosHat: yes agreed are these non-national people from member eu states? I have come across many homeless from the countries that are part of the eu even some roma, but I have never saw an African or Asian sleeping rough and just to point out not all homeless have mental or substance issues
As long as Cork City Council & indeed Councils around the country continue to house their own staff who are not in immediate need of housing, these figures will continue to rise. It’s unfortunate that those who are most in need are being neglected due to the Council’s favouritism.
@Phil Anthropy: also allowing people inherit council houses that they don’t live in but just kept themselves on the rent book should not be allowed.
Our good bankers debt needs paying. Casualties of financial fraud aided by our political system. Ie : FF FG LIEBOUR.
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