‘I thought they were for the people but now I think they’d just say anything to go up the ladder’
In a community hall in Dublin ’s north inner city, dozens of people aged from their late 60s to their late 80s dressed as witches, wizards and superheroes gathered for a Thursday afternoon knees-up.
Living alone in the city centre, her main concern in the lead-up to the general election is homelessness, something she sees every night. “You can go to them if you need help,” she adds, before handing a volunteer the tenner for five raffle tickets. Sitting nearby, 84-year-old Maura Doyle from Kilbarrack has been coming to Friends of the Elderly since her husband died in 2008.“My husband was an army man so we were always Fianna Fáil and I’ve never changed. Mam and dad were the same,” she says.
Anthony Crosbie, meanwhile, an 84-year-old living in the north inner city, says getting by on the State pension is “very difficult”.“I’m struggling, and at my age, you need a bit of heating,” he adds, saying his monthly bills range from €300 to €400, on top of €400 rent.
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