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FORMER SINN FÉIN TD Violet-Anne Wynne has said that despite her salary of €101,193 she and her six children are homeless and living in a holiday home.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Drivetime today, the Clare TD said that after her family moved out of a rental property when they received a notice to quit, they were unable to find another house large enough.
“Since becoming elected it became a primary focus for the family to be able to move into a more feasible accommodation. I had the income to be able to afford such a move. But the larger properties that we would need are few and far between,” she said.
When asked why she was having such difficulty finding accomodation despite her salary and €31,365 of expenses, Wynne said she had no credit history.
She told Cormac Ó hEadhra that her salary as a carer for her son prior to being elected was not viewed as viable income by banks.
“Cost is not an issue at all, it’s availability.”
#homelesscrisis@DarraghOBrienTD @fiannafailparty @FineGael @greenparty_ie Ireland 2022,when a TD can end up homeless!!! pic.twitter.com/jbulbTvurm
— Violet-anne Wynne TD (@WynneTd) June 7, 2022
She added that she had put a lot of thought into describing herself as “homeless”.
“I’m in a very privileged position where we were able to afford renting a holiday home. You know, unfortunately that may come to an end. ”
She said her family would ideally need a four-bed home.
In February, Wynne quit Sinn Féin claiming she has been subjected to “psychological warfare”.
The Clare deputy said her continued membership of the party had become “untenable”.
The politician said she felt “pressurised” and was not given autonomy to hire her own staff.
“I learned very fast that the party do not take kindly to autonomy and those who do not follow their plans,” she said.
“The Sinn Fein TDs in Leinster House I cannot fault but they are not tasked with making decisions locally and seem to be an entirely separate entity with no power to influence. The issues I continuously faced seem to be at local level within the organisation.”
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Has the Cookie Monster been in the cookie jar again ?
Very odd timing. They withdraw their support of this project not long after the sentencing of the doctor who helped locate Bin Laden. I’m not making accusations but it is funny.
But the accusations above that this money will be pumped into drones is ludicrous.
Great. Now they’ll redirect the $20m into more drones to attack the Pakistani population.
There’s hardly a peek about Americas secret war against Pakistan and the amount of civilians they’ve killed in comparison to
the coverage on Syria.
Don’t be a muppet
Think you may find that the drones you are referring to cost considerably more that $20 million.
Not true Derek. Guardian have been reporting the last few days on the increase of drone attacks in Pakistan and how they are blowing up *suspected* militants and everyone within a 100yd radius and then blowing up the funerals of the victims just in case their sons and daughters should harbour any resentment. Me suspects this tactic ain’t gonna work on the war on terror but if it does the guy who ordered it should get a Nobel peace prize. Oh wait…..
This episode was brought to you by the letters “U…S…A” and the numbers 9/11! you have gotta wonder is their “Oscar” an old green grouch or….a child who lives in a landfill and collects scrap for pennies?
Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Jihad Street…
Which if these kids is doing their own thing. 3 kids skipping, 1 with a bag pack.
I’m sure most US taxpayers will be disgusted the way their tax dollars are being wasted. PS Drone on, they’re killing a lot of VERY bad people with them so they then can’t kill us.
Kermit the pakki frog just does not sound or look right
Just ask the count, he’ll tell ye…
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