Election 2024: Homelessness — ‘I never expected to fall into that situation. I felt so bad for my baby daughter’

Alice was living in a €1,300-a-month apartment with her baby daughter when the landlord said they wanted to move someone else in for more rent...

Alice speaking to 'Irish Examiner' reporter Sean Murray at Focus Ireland's offices on High St in Christchurch, Dublin 8. Picture: Gareth Chaney

Alice’s* daughter was two months old when she decided to leave her abusive relationship.

“We had moved into a brand new apartment together,” she said. “But I couldn’t stay in that relationship.