Homelessness: Mother living in B&B with her family on housing list for 19 years

She has been left with no water for three months in their 'temporary accommodation' and at one stage there was one cooker between seven families because the other one was broken

Annmarie Duffy from Dublin's north inner city is currently living in a state-leased B&B in west Dublin with her husband, and her three children. Photo: Gareth Chaney

A married mother of three children has spoken of the tough challenges she has faced being on the housing list in Dublin for 19 years, saying: “I feel like I don’t own my own life”.

Annmarie Duffy from Dublin's north inner city is currently living in a state-leased B&B in west Dublin with her husband, and her three children. They moved into the 'temporary accommodation', in April 2024 where they remain.