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Family say they slept under bridge after Limerick eviction

‘The bailiffs came Saturday morning and told us to get out of the house’

A family from Limerick city have said they slept under a bridge after being evicted from their home at the weekend.

  • David Raleigh
  • The Irish Times

John Johnson (54) and his adult children were evicted from their home in Assumpta Park last Saturday.

The family said they had been unable to source emergency accommodation due to a lack of available bed spaces.

“The bailiffs came Saturday morning and told us to get out of the house,” Mr Johnson said.

“I asked them what about Covid-19 and they said that we had to go and that they were only…

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