Family of eight living on the edge as squatters

Children and parents could be split up if precarious existence in squatted property comes to an end, says Michael Clifford

SOMEBODY has to be in the house at all times. The family can’t go out together, to the shops, to Mass, to a sporting fixture or a school event, even for a walk.

If they were to leave and lock up behind themselves, they could well return to find the locks changed, their lives as they knew them gone.