Kildare mother (70s) tells of her toothless, drug addicted son living in a filthy shed
“I can't stick it anymore,” she said
A woman, aged in her 70s came to Naas District Court to seek protection from her child - a drug addict now aged in his 30s.
She told Judge Catherine Hayden that he has been addicted to drugs for many years.
She told of finding needles around the residence and seeing her son deteriorate to the point where she had to put him in a shed close to the family home where he has a kettle, a toaster and a microwave oven.
The woman said she had to put him out of the house because he was dropping lighted cigarettes on his bed clothes and she feared the home would be burned down.
“I can't stick it anymore,” she said.
She said her son has no teeth and “dunks” his biscuits in this tea.
She described his living conditions as “filthy.”
The woman told of trying to get him housed but of running into a frustrating wall of bureaucracy - including General Data Protection Regulation - the EU-inspired privacy and data.
She said he will not fill in the form to seek housing and she can’t do it for him because of GDPR.
Meanwhile the son continued to buy drugs, including heroin and crack cocaine.
“He was dropping cigarette butts, that's why we moved him into the shed.”
She added: “You can’t talk to him. He is comatose because of drugs. He doesn’t want to have a normal conversation. He comes into the house and makes tea and comes back a few minutes later because he has forgotten he was already there.”
The woman also said her eyesight is failing.
“If I could get him housed, I could concentrate on looking after myself,” she added.
The court granted her a barring order against her son for a period of two years. The judge also said that the gardaí would have to serve the order on him.