‘Do you want my baby to die?’ dad pleads to council over damp living conditions

A desperate father whose family is living in emergency accommodation in Navan, Co Meath, has begged his local authority: “Do you want my baby to die before you do something to help us?”

Tom Stokes and his wife Bridget are pleading for help after their 15-week-old daughter had been rushed to hospital on two occasions since last December, suffering with pneumonia due to the damp living conditions they find themselves in.

And, despite receiving letters from social services and a doctor in Temple Street Children’s Hospital outlining the seriousness of the baby’s health, Meath County Council has not yet rehoused them.