Family of 4 forced to sleep in car as emergency accommodation is unavailable

A Tallaght family has been reduced to sleeping in their car as they are unable to get emergency accommodation.

Sabrina McMahon and her three children moved from Athy two years ago to be closer to her extended family after her council house was broken into.

Fighting back tears, Sabrina says: “I really can’t take any more. All the children want is a back garden where they can play. I’m in a friend’s house getting the children’s bottles ready for tonight.”