Woman forced to live in car and wash in the Atlantic due to Irish housing crisis | Ireland | Kerry

A woman who has been living in Ireland for 22 years has been forced into her car due to the lack of available housing in Kerry.

Sharon Crandall, a 54-year-old originally from America has been living on Dingle beach for two months - refusing to use emergency accommodation because she would have to give up her cats.

She told the Irish Mirror: "I have been living in my car since July 8th, with two cats, and I have not gone to emergency housing because you have to give up your family; your pets are your family. And so I have been living at the beach here, you know, for almost two months now, and it's up and down, it's hard."

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[cosmicdust]

It's sad to see this woman living like this due to an inept Government . And yes she has a right to be angry. Sadly the Irish have become a compliant nation and won't take to the street in meaningfull numbers to question why this is going on still.

[hanoradoyle]

My heart goes out to you im going to suggest something .its just asuggestion, why dont u ask someone a friend if u can buy a cabin type shed and put it in a friends back garden, thatswhat i would try to do .maybe im wrong but they arent too expensive as far as i knw, sorry if its not helpful xx

[osbournecox]

This woman is known in the local community as a nutcase who puts 0 effort into improving her own life