A father-of-seven whose family are sleeping in a car in Ennis is hoping that he can be given a house in the town.
Mayo native John Sweeney says he and his family have been without emergency accomodation since he turned down the Council's offer of a house in Kilrush.
He says he previously moved out of the West Clare town having been threatened, and that he doesn't want to move back there.
While some of John's youngest children are living with his brother in law, many of them have spent the last two nights in an Opel Zafira car.
He says his supports were stopped after they turned down the offer of a house – Clare County Council and the Department of Social Protection have declined to comment on his case.
Speaking on Clare FM's Morning Focus, John said he'd like to stay elsewhere in Clare.
