How many people were suspended from housing lists for refusing multiple offers? It's the week in numbers

Social housing in south Dublin. Image: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie Social housing in south Dublin. Image: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie EVERY WEEK, TheJournal.ie offers a selection of statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.

357: The number of applicants from 22 councils – a mixture of families and individuals – who were suspended from their housing waiting list for refusing more than one offer of housing. €88,953: The amount of money that Dublin City Council forfeited in unpaid library fines in 2018 in an effort to boost memberships.

10: The number of motorists accused of dodging M50 tolls who were hit with fines totaling almost €100,000.

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'Current sanctions are not sufficient': Hundreds suspended from housing lists for refusing multiple offersFocus Ireland's Roughan Mac Namara suggests that problems with a specific neighbourhood, such as drugs or antisocial behaviour, often leads to a reluctance among families to move there and is the most common reason for refusal.
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Hundreds suspended from housing lists for refusing multiple offers'There may be some cases where people are refusing for reasons that don’t really stand up, but in our experience these would be the minority,' says a Focus Ireland spokesperson Looks like FFG have created an untermensch for the 'I'm all right jack's' to blame rather then the real parasites in the Dail and gouger bankers etc. Congratulations. The blue shirt hero Adolf would be proud.
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