Tracey Hughes, her partner and their five kids have been living in a rented house in Drogheda, Co Louth.
READ MORE: Mum who tried googling symptoms receives devastating cancer diagnosis after collapsing at workThe local authority indicated it would buy it but then pulled out of the deal after discovering the property is just inside the Meath border. “The estate where we live is split between two counties - Louth and Meath – and we are caught in the middle between the two councils.
“We would not qualify for a mortgage because my partner has been off sick and is only now back working again.“Louth County Council said it would buy the property if it was in Louth but can’t because it is in Meath.“We were due to leave at the end of May but the landlord has agreed to let us stay on for another month because one of the kids is doing his Leaving Cert.”