‘Desperate’ Cork mum of five faces eviction on Christmas Eve

Stephanie McCarthy, who gave birth two weeks ago and whose children are all under seven, said her family is facing the nightmare scenario of having to spend the festive period in separate homeless shelters.

“I have nowhere to go,” she told The Opinion Line on Cork’s 96FM yesterday. “We’ve been told that we face life in a homeless centre, with my husband in another shelter.”

Speaking afterwards, the 28-year-old, who has been renting a house in Gurranabraher on Cork’s northside, said she doesn’t know what the future holds.