The Late Late Show - 25th. March 2016

Ol' Donie

Skid X wrote: »

Life's too short to be eating Lamb.

All the other meats taste nicer.

Just flicking back through the thread.

No way, man. Lamb is super tasty.

Mmmm lamb and all the other meats. Mmm.

CollyFlower

How would a baby be stressed living in a hotel room? baby's adapt to any situation...... I do understand her predicament....it must be awful living in luxury, that's something the Irish are not used to.

Harry Angstrom

CollyFlower wrote: »

How would a baby be stressed living in a hotel room? baby's adapt to any situation...... I do understand her predicament....it must be awful living in luxury, that's something the Irish are not used to.

In fairness, there's a difference between staying in a hotel room for a week or two while on holiday, and being confined to living in one indefinitely. Of course it's better than being on the streets but to be left there without any sort of certainty for the future is enough to make most people crack up.
And it illustrates a lack of joined-up thinking in Government that thousands of euro can be wasted on weekly hotel expenses for people without a home instead of that money being invested into a proper system of social housing policy, which in the long run will be for the benefit of all in society, (except for the fat-cat builders, developers and bankers that cosy up to parties like Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil)

Canadel

sonic85 wrote: »

Tubs isn't worth half of what he's earning that's a fact.

That's being very generous to him.

tampopo wrote: »

I wasn't on my own, I had to share. But I didn't make a baby when I had no place to keep it with space...

But at least you had the option of an abortion should it have happened, unlike women in Ireland.

homerjay2005

RayM wrote: »

The lack of empathy on this thread is disturbing. I hope it's just an internet thing and you're actually really nice people the rest of the time.

hmmm, so lets look at this.

she has accommodation paid for her, for free.
she and her child live in a warm, safe environment that many people who have a home, dont have.
she gets at least €1200 a month handed to her by the state.
she owns a car.
she has no mortgage to worry about, no rent to pay, no electricity, gas and all the other bills that come with owning a house.


im sorry, but empathy is the last thing i feel for these people. she is a healthy, able human who has a sense of entitlement that is disgusting.

Canadel

homerjay2005 wrote: »

hmmm, so lets look at this.

she has accommodation paid for her, for free.
she and her child live in a warm, safe environment that many people who have a home, dont have.
she gets at least €1200 a month handed to her by the state.
she owns a car.
she has no mortgage to worry about, no rent to pay, no electricity, gas and all the other bills that come with owning a house.


im sorry, but empathy is the last thing i feel for these people. she is a healthy, able human who has a sense of entitlement that is disgusting.

But she doesn't want to live in the hotel.

And she IS entitled to the benefits she receives from the state.

clappyhappy

homerjay2005 wrote: »

hmmm, so lets look at this.

she has accommodation paid for her, for free.
she and her child live in a warm, safe environment that many people who have a home, dont have.
she gets at least €1200 a month handed to her by the state.
she owns a car.
she has no mortgage to worry about, no rent to pay, no electricity, gas and all the other bills that come with owning a house.


im sorry, but empathy is the last thing i feel for these people. she is a healthy, able human who has a sense of entitlement that is disgusting.

If she is the same person that was on with ray D'Arcy on Tuesday she has turned down council accommodation offered to her within Co Dublin as it's too far. She has a car, how many people are commuting from meath, Kildale, wicklow, and even further afield. Think she also said she doesn't want timber framed housing (modular housing)...........

homerjay2005

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Do all of you lot sitting there with your faux outrage dribbling about two young women and their pretty ****ty situation in some sort of rapid Thatcherite frenzy not see the sheer idiocy of spending €21 million per year housing 500 families when the state could build/buy the homes needed to house them, rent them to families and have them as long term investments rather than sinking money into a black hole of 1 star "hotels"?

Surely on nothing more than a expenditure point of view alone we should be building social housing, if you can't muster up any empathy for people atleast think with your wallets, because god knows you never benefited from any form of social supports from the state and are all self made millionaires.

hmm so they tried to build modular housing - the locals protested against it.

they tried to build 200 homes in a certain part of Dublin - the locals protested against it.

there is no room to build in Dublin, so lets build outside the city - "its too far to me Ma" & "i dont want to live that far out"

houses in Dublin cost €300k-€400k on average, buying houses for these 500 families would cost the state €200m...for 500 families.

so ya....

CollyFlower

I don't think these hotel people will be getting housed anytime soon, not with the 2000 Syrian refugees coming in.

Ol' Donie

CollyFlower wrote: »

I don't think these hotel people will be getting housed anytime soon, not with the 2000 Syrian refugees coming in.

Aye aye aye

homerjay2005

CollyFlower wrote: »

I don't think these hotel people will be getting housed anytime soon, not with the 2000 Syrian refugees coming in.

this is a myth though, the type of accommodation being offered to these people are -

hotels
houses and apartments in regional towns.


the "homeless" are turning down or not happy with the above.

CollyFlower

homerjay2005 wrote: »

this is a myth though, the type of accommodation being offered to these people are -

hotels
houses and apartments in regional towns.


the "homeless" are turning down or not happy with the above.

Fussy ****ers!

PeterTheEighth

clappyhappy wrote: »

If she is the same person that was on with ray D'Arcy on Tuesday she has turned down council accommodation offered to her within Co Dublin as it's too far.

The only legitimate argument I have heard for not moving to the country is the upheaval for the child having to move school. But plenty of people have to move county or even country, some with their families, in order to get work. They dont complain about the state not providing a house and job for them in Dublin, they just get on with it.

I dont think it's unreasonable to offer these people a house outside of dublin and expect that they might at least consider it. It is unreasonable to expect that Dublin City Council can provide you with a house in the centre of Dublin, close to your friends and family, and the child's school.

PeterTheEighth

On another note, what a goddamn awful show that was last nite. The only highlight being the Bootleg Beach Boys. But unfortunately, as long as the Bootleg Gay Byrne continues to present, the show will continue to be dull as dishwater and choreographed to within and inch of it's life.

amdublin

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

On another note, what a goddamn awful show that was last nite. The only highlight being the Bootleg Beach Boys. But unfortunately, as long as the Bootleg Gay Byrne continues to present, the show will continue to be dull as dishwater and choreographed to within and inch of it's life.

He's just so bad. I was going to ask when will Rte ever acknowledge or do something about it? But that is a silly question they never will.

Are we stuck with Bryan forever????

power pants

Posted in last week's by mistake

Thought it was insulting listening to the single mother with 2 kids claiming to be a victim. I felt very sorry for the kids but not the mother. Its people like her that have to take account for their actions as much as the government. There are 1000s and 1000s of similar young uneducated, not working single mums with multiple kids.


Everything about her story was unfortunately, dropping out of college as she was going to have this great career. I dont believe it. Everything was someone elses fault nothing to do with herself.


I notice she was able to sleep in a car? I assume she will say it was a friend's if not how come she managed to tax,insure and nct a car,let alone the upkeep of one.

I feel genuinely sorry for families AND single mothers who are trying their best to keep roofs over their families and through no fault of their own find themselves facing homelessness.

I couldnt help feel she played the system and lost

I know, this post will not go down well with some or the majority but she chose to give her side of the story on a tv programme and I have a right to then form my own conclusions.


Its a pity the late late used this as an example to highlight the crisis and not a genuine family that was making an effort and not looking for what they could get handed to them in life

macadam

power pants wrote: »

Posted in last week's by mistake

Thought it was insulting listening to the single mother with 2 kids claiming to be a victim. I felt very sorry for the kids but not the mother. Its people like her that have to take account for their actions as much as the government. There are 1000s and 1000s of similar young uneducated, not working single mums with multiple kids.


Everything about her story was unfortunately, dropping out of college as she was going to have this great career. I dont believe it. Everything was someone elses fault nothing to do with herself.


I notice she was able to sleep in a car? I assume she will say it was a friend's if not how come she managed to tax,insure and nct a car,let alone the upkeep of one.

I feel genuinely sorry for families AND single mothers who are trying their best to keep roofs over their families and through no fault of their own find themselves facing homelessness.

I couldnt help feel she played the system and lost

I know, this post will not go down well with some or the majority but she chose to give her side of the story on a tv programme and I have a right to then form my own conclusions.


Its a pity the late late used this as an example to highlight the crisis and not a genuine family that was making an effort and not looking for what they could get handed to them in life

Brilliantly put and I agree 100% with you, its too easy to get benefits and handouts in this country. Different story for the self employed though.