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GARDAÍ HAVE SAID that 37-year-old Stephen Casey, who had been missing from his home in Tallaght, has been located safe and well.
He had been described as being 5ft 7in tall, of slim build with a dark receding hairline.
When last seen, Stephen had been wearing wearing a navy tracksuit bottoms, navy tracksuit top and navy nike runners.
Gardaí and Stephen’s family had been concerned for his wellbeing.
Gardaí confirmed on Thursday afternoon that he had been found “safe and well”.
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Congratulations. I hope you and your two children will be safe and very happy there.
For your future and your children’s future please see this as an opportunity to change your family tree. Break the cycle so your children and their children won’t have the same harsh life you had.
Education for your children needs to be a priority and limiting family size to what you can comfortably afford without relying on the state.
Good for them, now I’d love to see a follow up in six months then twelve. I wonder if these people are being supported in terms of learning how to budget/going back to work/getting the fathers support, maintaining healthy homes for their children etc. I mostly disagree with the nanny state but in these instances I suspect it’s required….
@robbie: people who themselves had a chaotic upbringing?
Feel like the second girls story jade is seen too many times up and down the country, 19 year old has a child while at home, in a crowded house and then at 22 has another child and her family house then becomes too crowded so has to move into emergency accommodation and suffer it for the years to get the permanent home, probably turning down rental accommodation while waiting because its unstable and they want their “forever home ” , need to educate about contraception so this doesn’t happen so much , imagine everyone in the country had the same mindset of doing that to get a house , the country would fall apart. I feel like you have to help them because their kids didn’t ask to live in a hotel, but on some level giving them the house in the end will only encourage more and more of this. Most annoying is when it’s asked why did do you have kids you can’t support they always say the same “it just happens”
@Niall Ormond: The state is an enabler .
@Niall Ormond: Ok so with your logic the US should have a very low stat because as we all know there is no such thing as a free house over there……educate yourself and check the stats for the US, it tops the list……so please explain?
@Niall Ormond: “probably turning down rental accommodation while waiting because its unstable and they want their “forever home ” ”
Do you really think that young homeless parents refuse homes?
@Caoimhín Mac Caisín: “Dublin City Council had 402 offers of social housing refused by people on their waiting list last year and 116 refusals came from individuals or families listed as homeless.”
So to answer your question – Yes.
Terrific news. Good luck in your new homes Joanne and Jade
@Michael Eric Devine: of course it’s great news…FREE house..of course it’s not free, working people’s taxes paid for it.
@MerryLounyMcD: whatever, it’s just nice to see kids have a place for Santa to visit them.
@Michael Eric Devine: 100%
@MerryLounyMcD: and who do you think was paying for their hotel accommodation? Every child deserves a secure and warm home.
The culture of entitlement and welfare dependency can be very rewarding. The ?€20 billion spend on direct social welfare payments (and many other billions on health, education and justice system) is not from the state… it is from the taxes of working people AND loans that will be dumped upon future generations.
Gross mismanagement at its finest – completely encouraged and promoted by central bankers so it can debt trap countries and take nations physical assets when it sends in its “advisors”.
@Ranty McCrank: But… the majority of that €20B is pensions, and you benefited from the education budget. (although it may have been somewhat wasted in your case)…
Charity delivering while the FFG coalition continues to fail.
Foreign companies must be sent a clear message that Ireland is not a country to move to, as there is no housing for its staff.
@mursim: That’s the spirit… tell the foreign companies to F off….
@mursim: Who will pay your dole money if these companies go?, the farmers I suppose lol
@mursim: do you guys not read the article? the apartment was purchased and redeveloped by taxpayer find (the same government that you are complaining about). they then hand them over (similar to schools that they build being handed over to the church) to private charities to allocate, at their discretion, to people who qualify for the council housing list. This is the social housing you are taking about, just operated by a private company (that we pay them for), not the council.
@mursim: you’re dead right. Apple, Google, Facebook and PayPal can all f off and take their thousands of jobs with them
@Gulliver Foyle: “do you guys not read the article?”
Of course not. Surprised he didn’t blame Leo.
@mursim: who do you think funds the housing agency and Dublin City Council that the trust works in partnership with only the government with the help of the taxpayer if you read the article properly before making that statement
@mursim: the government funds this charity!! Check out the charity regulators website for details on how much is given by the government!!
Some good news for a change,.. delighted for each&everyone , The kids finally have a place where they can invite friends around, have their own beds..lovely and just in.time for santa…x
Delighted for you all, just in time for Christmas!
@Irish Protestant: well bloody said
Look on the bright side of this nanny state, I think there at least Irish
The amount of nay sayers commenting here. The begrudgery shown by some who can’t be happy that people have a roof over their heads is just disgusting.
@Dave Doyle: Possibly because people feel that the roof over the head is not earned but rather received
@Sinead Merrigan: Totally agree Sinéad.
Single mother here, worked all my life… earned it myself… nothing handed to me for free.
@Gill Tucker: you don’t collect children’s allowance?
@Irish Protestant: UNDERCLASS??
Wow, I hope you get better real soon
It’s wonderful that 7 families and 6 adults are no longer homeless and wishing them all the best in the future.
Some people’s comments are vile! Only the heartless would want people homeless. Why always look at the poorer in society as the ones to cast blame onto? No one likes having to beg or practically beg for money to get food or shelter!
You’d rather see a president fly in a private jet than seeing kids and family have a roof over their heads? Maybe if the government sorted out housing, had a decent health system & education system. Maybe if they actually had proper support for people to try to improve their situation, then social welfare would be lessened and not such a vicious cycle that degraded a person.
Grass is always greener on the other side
@Irish Protestant: Typical FG troll.
Some people’s comments are vile! Only the heartless would want people homeless. Why always look at the poorer in society as the ones to cast blame onto? No one likes having to beg or practically beg for money to get food or shelter!
You’d rather see a president fly in a private jet than seeing kids and family have a roof over their heads? Maybe if the government sorted out housing, had a decent health system & education system. Maybe if they actually had proper support for people to try to improve their situation, then social welfare would be lessened and not such a vicious cycle that degraded a person.
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