Kildare County Council saves family from being split and homeless

Relief is being expressed today with a Newbridge family on the brink of homelessness, being saved by Kildare County Council.

Stephen Carberry, along with his wife, have five children, ranging in age from 18 to 2. Their 14-year-son suffers from a serious form of Autism which requires round the clock care.

For the past six months, the family, have been desperately trying to find a new home, as the bank owned their residence in Roseberry Hill, taken over from a former landlord.

The family spent 10 years on the council waiting list.  No rental properties were accepting them.  The father, Stephen, is unemployed and on disability allowance as he suffers from Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the name for a collection of lung diseases including chronic bronchitis, emphysema and chronic obstructive airways disease. People with COPD have difficulties breathing, primarily due to the narrowing of their airways. Their future was bleak with fears that their eldest daughter would have to live with grandparents, separating the family.

Today they can relax with the announcement that a house is now being made available for them in Kildare town, for all the family, slashing fears that they would be separated.