A woman who has been living in Ireland for 22 years has been forced into her car due to the lack of available housing in Kerry.
Sharon Crandall, a 54-year-old originally from America has been living on Dingle beach for two months - refusing to use emergency accommodation because she would have to give up her cats.
She told the Irish Mirror: "I have been living in my car since July 8th, with two cats, and I have not gone to emergency housing because you have to give up your family; your pets are your family. And so I have been living at the beach here, you know, for almost two months now, and it's up and down, it's hard."
Sharon said that she hasn't became homeless because she couldn't pay the rent, adding: ''I'm not homeless because I didn't pay my bills, or did something wrong. Or I wasn't organised. I've lived here for almost 20 years. I am homeless because there aren't any long-term housing options in this area.
"The woman that I was renting from was decent. She had bought the house for retirement. And, you know, when I signed the lease, I would only have a year. She did a proper notice to quit. And she has been very nice. But it's her house, and she wanted it back."
She added that she sent many TDs around Kerry to help her but rarely got a response.
Watch our video above for Sharon's full story.
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