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Alan

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2015 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Liveline
Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living

wages aren't keeping up with the cost of inflation and groceries.

Liveline
Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living

And it's just a struggle that everyone is living.

Liveline
Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living

And I've listened to Cormac and Mark and Liam and Derek, and they have their own challenges in their own ways.

Liveline
Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living

And they were either directly involved in the protests or they were impacted by them.

Liveline
Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living

But I think we needed those protests to get the government to sit up and listen.

Liveline
Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living

Funnily enough, that happened.

Liveline
Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living

Last month, we had an issue with one of the cars and it cost 500 euros to fix.

Liveline
Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living

So that was a credit card job.

Liveline
Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living

Yeah, yeah.

Liveline
Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living

No, we went like...

Liveline
Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living

We're not in debt and it'll cover us and we can plan month by month so it's not going to be a noose around our neck but that's an actual thing that happened in the last number of weeks that it was an unexpected outlay which was required so credit card us and then we'll clear it next month.

Liveline
Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living

Yeah, it's just not going as far as it used to.

Liveline
Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living

And I don't know what's going to happen.

Liveline
Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living

Like in 5, 10, 15 years time, am I going to be a homeless person statistic?

Liveline
Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living

No, no.

Liveline
Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living

Look, it's a possibility.

Liveline
Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living

I mean, there's only so many hours you can work in a day and there's only so much time you can invest in working.

Liveline
Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living

But if the cost of living goes and continues to go the way it's going and wages not keeping up with inflation, then, you know, of course the number of homeless people is going to rise.

Liveline
Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living

Yeah.

Liveline
Fuel Protests & the Cost of Living

You know, I don't know what's going to fix it.