A young dad said his family are facing homelessness after their planned eviction from their house of 11 years later this week.
Alan Fitzpatrick, 37, his wife Kelly, 30, and their three dependent children Kasey, 17, Jack, 10 and Bobby, six, now fear they will have to spend the weekend on the streets. Their plight comes as updated homeless figures due out on Friday are likely to be the highest figures on record.
The Fitzpatrick family have been living in Clondalkin, Dublin 22 under the Housing Assistant Payment scheme. The unemployed couple said they have been on South Dublin County Council housing list for 11-and-a-half years.
