tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197204543030756767.post8953774513150858083..comments2023-05-03T15:53:16.140+01:00Comments on Father Mervyn's Blog: THE COST OF THE DALE FARM EVICTIONSFather Mervyn Jenningshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053613428222136067noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197204543030756767.post-52025401121367094702011-10-25T00:40:46.521+01:002011-10-25T00:40:46.521+01:00It has been widely reported that many of these tin...It has been widely reported that many of these tinkers (because "travellers" they certainly ain't!) own either houses or substantial pieces of land suitable for building development in the Irish Republic. But of course the welfare benefits system there is not so generous is it?Morris Hickeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197204543030756767.post-32298824631125818802011-10-19T14:56:22.464+01:002011-10-19T14:56:22.464+01:00Isn't there a contradiction if 'travellers...Isn't there a contradiction if 'travellers' have been settled for up to ten years? Their arguments don't add up. They have complained about disrupting schooling and health care difficulties for the sick but isn't that the benefit of settling? They appear to want it both ways. According to previous reports the 'travellers' had been offered alternative accommodation but it was reported on the lunchtime BBC News that bricks and mortar are unacceptable to them. There is no shortage of caravan sites around the country if that is the way they want to live.<br />These people are not refugees; they simply want to benefit from society on their own terms and have cost us £18million in the process while the rest of us have to obey the law. No wonder Ireland doesn't want them and I doubt that the Bishop of Chelmsford would want them in his backyard either. If people want to benefit from society they have an obligation play their part not take the rest of us for a ride.AncientBritonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12357913998344777403noreply@blogger.com