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It’s my home, I can say it however many time I like. It’s my home. I’m so happy. It’s hitting me now that I get to think about it but… this is my home. I’m happy. I’m sorted. I’m home.
Amanda told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland about what it means for her and her daughter to have secured a social house just before Christmas, after being homeless for two years.
We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency.
US President Donald Trump announced that he plans to pull all US troops out of Syria, unexpectedly.
My views on treating allies with respect and also being clear-eyed about both malign actors and strategic competitors are strongly held and informed by over four decades of immersion in these issues. We must do everything possible to advance an international order that is most conducive to our security, prosperity and values, and we are strengthened in this effort by the solidarity of our alliances. Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down from my position.
US defence secretary James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis resigned.
It doesn’t take very long for your balaclava to slip.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar during a tense exchange with Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty.
To somehow blame Ireland for trying to protect the peace process is extraordinary… I can’t allow Ireland to be blamed here. We’re simply trying to protect our core national interests… in a way that’s very transparent and respectful. We haven’t responded to some of the provocation, and we’re not going to.
Tánaiste Simon Coveney on comments made by UK politicians on Ireland’s position on Brexit.
We believe our plight has been exploited by some wishing to further their own narrow agendas.
The family at the centre of an eviction from their home in Strokestown, Roscommon over the weekend, has released a statement saying that they’ve been left “shocked” by the ordeal that had been “thrust upon them”.
In Ireland today, far too many of our people are missing the necessary securities of home. There are those who are concerned for their access to health services and education, for the right to voice their concerns and experience full participation in our Republic. So as we recall our shared vulnerabilities this Christmas let us resolve to forge together a renewed sense of solidarity, one shaped to fit and encompass all our citizens.
President Michael D Higgins shared his Christmas message.
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For the spongers….. As if they don’t get enough!!! Maybe try get a job
@Kev Barnes: your a fool. Have you ever spoken to a genuine homeless person. You don’t no peoples life circumstances so don’t judge. Have a bit of compassion, it’s Christmas. This is not about people getting so called free houses, it’s about putting a smile on someone’s face. Crawl back into your hole
@Kev Barnes: most probably do have jobs. They are probably being paid minimum wage by billion euro companies. Working full time at minimum wage gives you around €380 a week. Average place in Dublin is around €1600. Even if both are working they would struggle to cover the rent. So the government step in and supplement this by way of our taxes. But of all the people you are pissed off with it’s the person not earning enough to cover their rent. They are at the mercy of their landlord with severe HAP discrimination. Most of them can’t afford to buy presents in fact most probably struggle to feed their families but I’m glad that the Christmas sprit is alive and well in you.
@Sos: it’s sad how someone can have such harsh views on children living in poverty. It’s not like the child asked to be born without the luxuries these people have.
@Ali Ní Dhomhnaill: I have actually I was homeless myself at one point but sorted my life out thankfully
@Ali Ní Dhomhnaill: Whether or not you disagree with his comments, calling somebody a ‘fool’ whilst incorrectly spelling the word ‘You’re’ shows that perhaps he’s not the only ‘fool’.
@Lovely weather: look up the dictionary, I think you will find “fool” is the correct spelling
@Lovely weather: “fool”noun.
a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
@Ali Ní Dhomhnaill: nah I expect their parents to get their acts together like most people in society.. My heart goes out to the children that was never my point… Oh and thank you for following my posts
@Ali Ní Dhomhnaill: he said “whilst incorrectly spelling the word “you’re”" not fool…
@Sharon Fernandes: even so the point about the definition whether made intentionally or not would still stand.that is a fool being a person without judgement or sense not a person who makes minor grammatical errors
If they’re anything like Erica Fleming and Co, they’ll laugh at shoebox 2nd hand presents.
If they’re not paying rent, then they are wealthier than the people the chuggers target.
You’re being fooled.
Don’t waste your money on these “charities”, donate to Bóthar or something.
@T Beckett is back: I think ICHH is actually one of the few good charities that has scaled without spending a ton of exec salaries etc. I think all their people are volunteers without pay. I like that they publish full audited accounts rather than ‘annual reports’ with cherry-picked information like most charities too.
One of the only ones I’ve donated to with how bad most Irish charities are with frivilous spending and mismanagement.
@T Beckett is back: I grew up in a shit hole a real bad bad shit hole.My first memory of fear was maybe 10 cops with sub machine guns on the shared balcony trying to get the lads who just robbed a jewellers.I always remembers this. Personally I wouldn’t ever give to Charities as the people who need it don’t get it the people who don’t need it demand it. Your all being taken for a ride. Charity begins at home.
I don’t understood a family being homeless in Dublin.
I commute from the midlands to Dublin for work (can’t afford to live in Dublin) and we(we have a young child) live on one civil service income.
Great idea. Bridges of hope are another group helping the homeless. Every Saturday night in the City Centre giving clothes and food. A Christmas dinner for homeless people and families in emergency accommodation will be held by them on Christmas
Excellent homeless charity!Some schools give out backpacks with essential items also& it’s great to see compassionate people including children.
The way some commentators here,often under pseudonyms, talk about fellow human beings in desperate stressful circumstances is truly disgusting and shameful!
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