"That's your life line right around there." "These are marriage lines, health lines, but that is an important part of life... your life line." "Everything in your life will work... not over night, though." "I think you're a very intelligent young lady." "But you're at a crossroads, you're running and you're stopping, you don't know what you're doing." "You love music though, and you love people." "So you'll go far, but you'll not stay in Ireland." "Life is like a bank account." "What you put in is what you'll get out." "So be very careful." "You enjoy yourself for a lot of years, and then... think about marriage." "Don't even go for it, think about it." "Because I think you want to enjoy yourself immensely." "And you can, you can... but you take it one day at a time." " Would you agree?" " Yeah." "But you don't like education... but you have to." "What's education?" "School..." "And I just think this will be a good ending to this year for you... if you follow your head." "Not your heart, your head." "How much did you get for my wedding ring?" "Seventy euro." "is that all you got?" "Give us twenty, will you?" "I'll give it back tomorrow." "I'm always giving you loans of twenties." "I'll give it back." " So I want that back tomorrow." " l'll give it back." "That's bad money, that is." "The old money is better than that." "Ten times better than that." "After twenty-five years being married that's all I get for my wedding ring." "Winnie, go up there and make a cup of tea." "What did the man say in the pawn shop?" "He asked me who owned the ring." "Leroy!" "Watch this!" "Are you jumping in?" "No, you jump in." "Go on." "Jump in !" "Jump into the water, will you." "Yeah, Leroy." "See that, did you Leroy?" "Wait for me." "Will you wait for me!" "Winnie!" "You can't swim too well, put your life jacket on." "Get in now!" "Hurry up." "Stop messing on the boat!" "Come over!" "Come back over here and stop messing on the boat!" "Get back over." "Yeah, wait there, Leroy." "Coming." "We're going home, come on." "Leroy!" "The council man wants to see you." "He's in the caravan." "I'll be out now in one second." "How are you, John?" " How are you, Leroy?" " How's it going?" "I was just talking to your Mum." "I asked her to give you a shout." "We have a place up in Summerhill, three bedroomed house." "Nice house, two bathrooms, small back garden." "No front garden... and your Mum was saying she wouldn't like the Summerhill area." "And I was thinking, would you not have a look at it?" "It's a lovely house, brand new." "I'll go up and have a look at it, see if it suits me." "I'll go and have a look." "It's a gammy place up there, you need a place somewhere else." "I know but..." "They are all robbers over there." "They rob everything." "I'll try and have a look at it." "How about somewhere in Ballyfermot, Crumlin or around them areas?" "I'm not too sure now what we have." "I've nothing here, I've nothing with me in that area, but I'll go back to the office and see what we have in the Ballyfermot area." "Summerhill is a bad area." "It's changed a lot now over the last year or two." "We've knocked down Mountain View..." "A lot of the drugs are cleared out of the area now." "It's a bad place to rear a family up, you know?" "She has a big family, you can't rear them up there." "There's a lot of wild people over there..." "Yeah, I know you put down..." " Ringsend." " Ringsend as your area." "I just don't have anywhere in Ringsend." "House prices have gone through the roof." "Nobody's giving us back their houses in Ringsend." "They're buying them and then selling them on." "We have no houses!" "We just can't get houses in Ringsend." "You could be waiting another five, six years for a house in Ringsend." "You're caught!" "I'll give you one more chance." "I'm telling you, one more chance and if I catch you again... you're caught." "Bulldogs charge!" "Caught!" "You were caught, just get out." "Get out!" "You were caught!" " You whore!" " Bitch !" " What did you call me?" " A bitch !" "Go away, you bitch !" "Go away, you bitch !" "Go away, you bitch !" "Leave her alone, you bitch !" "Break it up!" "Winnie!" "Winnie, leave it out!" "Come on, this way." "Come on, we're going to Miss Caulfield." "Go back, Lisa!" "Go back." "Go back, everyone." "Go on !" "Come on." "Winnie, this is not good enough, it's your fourth time this week." " Have you anything to say?" " No, I haven't." "Come in." "Would you like to tell Miss Caulfield what happened?" " Winnie?" " l was fighting." "Ok, Winnie." "This is your fourth time this week fighting in the yard." "What is going on for you?" "Nothing..." "There must be something if you're fighting like that." "Why?" "Because they call me names, that's why." "Why do you feel that you have to fight with them?" "I don't know." "You must know." "You were involved, you were fighting." " Why?" " l don't know." "Did they call you names those times?" "Yeah." "But they're always calling you names. ls that it?" " And you never call them names?" " l do, sometimes." "We can't have fighting going on in the yard." "It's too dangerous for the other kids." " Understand what I'm saying to you?" " Yeah." "Ok." "So I want you to go home for a week, and I want you to draw me a picture..." "You like drawing, don't you?" "Ok, I want you to draw me a picture of how you think things should be in the school yard." " Ok?" " Yeah." "How do you think I would like to see the school yard?" " l don't know." " Without any fighting, Winnie." "Ok?" "I want you to do that." "I won't take you back to school unless that happens." "I'm going to ring your Mummy and tell her what happened and I'm going to ask her to pick you up and take you home." " Alright?" " Yeah." "Ok, so I want you to think about that now." "Ok, off with you." "Back to the classroom." "Thank you, Winnie." "Rosie, are you going to the disco tonight?" "Yeah." " ls Erica going?" " Yeah." "And who's going with you, only yourself?" "is our Kate going?" "No." "is Margaret?" "I don't know." "What are you wearing?" "Black and white suit." " Suit?" "is it not a dress?" " A dress." " Can you do the back of my hair?" " Yeah." "How can you do it with the gloves?" "is it in our Margaret's room?" "I don't know!" "Ah, there it is." "I wonder who put it under here?" "I'd love to know." "Winnie!" "Come here!" "Can I get two chips please and... a couple of onions?" "Two chips." "Do you want them separate?" "Together?" "Separate?" "Separate, please." " Salt and vinegar?" " Yes please." "Very cold, isn't it?" "Very cold, girls..." "Very, very cold." " Now... paying together?" " Yeah." "Four thirty." "And seventy cash back." "Now girls, thanks." "Boring, isn't it?" "There's my friends in the playground!" "I'm driving, Winnie!" "Look, now." "I'm driving, Winnie!" "Mummy, are we lost?" "No, I took the wrong turn." " How are you, Willie?" " And you?" " Where are you off to?" " Ah... the pub." " A few pints?" " A few pints, yeah." " Getting a bit of scrap, were you?" " Yeah..." " Where were you today?" " Malahide." "Rosie was looking at a trailer." "She'll look at mine as well." "She might buy one." "This one down here, Rosie?" "It's not a bad trailer." " Long time no see, Willie." " A good while..." "Back a long time." " You don't feel the years going by?" " lt's true." "Hello..." " Right, we'll see you later on." " Bye, Willie." " That's the trailer there, Rosie." " l'll have a look at it now." "I bought a bigger one or I wouldn't get rid of it." "The only problem is small wheels." "You'll get a fellow with a low loader to move it... lt's a fine trailer." "Two bedrooms, shower... new cookers..." "Water's not going?" "I haven't had a chance to rig it up." "I've just had it the last few months and I haven't rigged it up." "Look at the presses." "There's plenty of room in the old presses... for old vessels and stuff, you know?" "Look at the clothes press." "It's small." "The wife has it for the infants clothes, it's handy to put stuff into." "Small, isn't it?" "What about the fireplace?" "Does that go, John?" "The gas?" "The gas here works perfect but I have it rigged up with electric." "It's safer with the trip switches and things like that." "So I don't bother with the gas heater." " The plates are nice, aren't they?" " The plates are nice." "She bought them a few days ago." "I bought a bigger trailer, but it's a fine big strong trailer." " There's a good floor." " And plenty of room." "There's two bedrooms, shower..." "That's nice, isn't it, Mummy?" "Yeah, I bought it in town the other day." "Want to see it working?" "I have that rigged up with electric as well." "It's nice, isn't it?" "The way the water runs out." "It's a clean trailer outside, isn't it?" "It's a clean trailer, yeah." "There's a right few dinges, isn't there?" "The children did that firing stones at it." "And more dinges there... I'll have a look at the back." "The outside is a good clean trailer." "It's clean on this side, not a dinge." "It's spotless that side, Rosie." "It's just... a few in the front." "The chassis is perfect." "There's no rats?" "Definitely no rats in that trailer." " What about the tow bar there?" " The chassis is perfect." "I checked all that when I bought it myself." "I know, it's a clean trailer." "Spotless, you know?" " What are you looking for it?" " Three thousand euros." "It's a bit dear for me." "It's a bit dear but it's a good trailer." " Be more in a trailer site." " Then an extra 300 for a tow lorry." "I know you need a tow lorry, but it's still a good clean trailer." "I'll see you again..." "That'll do, then. lf we have a deal, drop it out to me." "Alright." "Hi." " Alright, Winnie?" " Alright." "What you been up to?" "Messing around." "What sort of messing around?" "Playing around." " You're not in school?" " No." " How come?" " Suspended." "You're suspended?" "I was fighting." " You were fighting?" " Yeah." " Who were you fighting with?" " What's this?" "It's an elephant." " How much are they?" " How much?" "Ten fifty." "Do you like him?" "His name's Ganesh." "He is a God in the Hindu religion." "And do you know what, actually?" "He's the God of education." "He symbolizes wisdom." " He'd say to go to school." " A school copy..." "Ganesh would tell you to go to school." "Can you talk?" " Can he talk?" " Some people believe he does." "Depends what you believe in." "Crown." "Who put all these on him?" "Those are like decorations in Indian religions." "This is called a Bindi." "People every morning go to the temple and the priest makes a red mark with saffron on their foreheads." "Where do these come from?" "Bali." "I better be going..." "Yeah?" "You're off?" "I might drop in tomorrow." "Yeah, wait until I give you something." " Your own Ganesh." " Thanks." "It will fit in your bedroom, won't it?" "Ah, thanks." "Do you remember him?" "Cool, isn't it?" "Put it above your bed and he can look after you." "Thanks." " Alright, Rosie?" " Good morning, Martin." " Morning." " Hello." "Who's the lackeen?" "Paddy Joyce's daughter." "Ah, I know your daddy well." "He was saying he lived around you when he was younger." "Around in Navan and all them places." "He said he knew you well from Navan." "That's right." "How are you?" " Grand now." " That's good." "How's your Daddy?" "He's not too bad." "My Mammy's grand as well." "Thanks be to God." "What did you say was wrong with you?" "Leroy and Dan, they're carrying on very bad." "I'll have a chat with them." "You wanted me to look at a letter?" "I have a letter that the council gave me and I can't read it." "This is it here, Martin." "You'd read that better." "Well, basically it's an eviction letter." "And it says by this day next week you have to move off here." "is that what it says?" "They're starting building here." "And you've a week to move." "Have you got another letter like this?" "No." "They didn't send one offering somewhere to live?" "It's the only letter they sent me out." " How many children do you have?" " Ten." "And they want you to move within a week with nowhere to go?" "No place to go." "And if you were offered a house?" "I would take it if I got a house in Ringsend." "A house in Ringsend you'd have to have..." "Yeah, she's been living here near eight or nine years." "All the people know her." "I suppose you'd need a four bedroom house, wouldn't you?" " A four bedroom..." " Ten children, like." "is there nothing we can do?" "Well, it's serious enough." "I'd say your best bet is to go to a solicitor." "Solicitor?" "Well, there's free legal aid so you wouldn't have to pay." "And just explain everything." "Say there's ten children, you have to move in a week and you've nowhere to go." "See if you can get a house off the council somewhere in Ringsend." "So, you'll ring the solicitor?" "I'll ring the solicitor and then I'll ring you." "She'll ring the solicitor, she'll ring me, and I'll ring you to say what's going on." " Thanks, Marie." " You're welcome, it's grand." "I'll give this to the solicitor." " Have you a boyfriend?" " Me?" "No." "Yeah, I'm meeting someone today." " You're meeting someone today." " Who did your hair?" "It's nice." "I did." " Have you a boyfriend?" " No, I'm not interested in boys." "How much was your ring?" "About twenty euros." "Tell the truth, if I believe that I'm an idiot." " Oh, that's gold!" " lt's not, it's silver." "It is gold, gold silver..." " Silver gets stamped as well." " Leave me alone!" "Right so, it's white gold then." " Yeah, thanks." " lf that makes you happy." "It won't come off my hand now." "It won't come off my finger so I'll have to keep that." "Would you like to have a child?" "Probably when I get married, when I'm about thirty-five." " You won't marry till you're 35?" " No..." "All the girls in Dublin get married at seventeen or sixteen." "No, they don't." " Where do you live?" " Blanchardstown." "Yeah, what part?" "A place called Whitestown." "Whitestown !" " l live in a house now." " A house, we know that." "How did you get to know Uncle Martin?" "We're friends." "I met him through work." "Did you?" "What work?" "I'm a Traveller activist." "I work with loads of Travellers, but they all went to school." "They all have a job where l am." "Will you be able to get me into school?" " l thought you were in school?" " l'm in school." "Are you telling me lies?" "I could get you into school." "Would you go back to school?" "Answer me, Winnie!" "Would you go back to school?" "No..." "Yeah, I would." "You would go back to school?" "Last night I didn't sleep." "I was up until five o'clock then I went to bed... watching this big scary film." "What was it?" "It's a sad film, you know if you ever saw it..." "You know a girl, twelve year old, he raped her." "He was hard up for her." "He brought her into a big field, and he killed her." "And the Guards caught him then." "They got the electric shock yoke on his head, and the sponge..." "He's being electrocuted." "And the sponge!" "And sucked up his brains and blood coming down here." "How can the electric suck all his brains?" "How come?" "It doesn't suck his brain, it electrocutes him." "It fries his brain." "What does that mean?" "It fries it like, it heats it up." "He gets electrocuted then and just his heart stops." "Imagine, you know if he was, you know like he goes to Hell now?" " Will he go to Hell, wouldn't he?" " Yeah." "After doing that?" "He would have to go to Hell." "Well, if you commit a sin you're supposed to go to Hell." "What if you only rob shops, like rob clothes and rob sweets?" "Yeah, but if you're doing that at ten, what about when you're 20?" "What will you rob?" "I won't rob at..." "No, when I'm twenty I wouldn't rob." "If I'm this age, will I go to Hell over it?" "I don't know, but if you got caught you'd get in trouble with the police." "I hope I don't go to Hell over it." "Why don't you go to confession and confess all your sins?" " l'm trying to do it." " You are?" "Are you going to rob again?" "But no priest will take me." "Here, what's that video about?" " Which one?" " This one." "This one?" "That is about a girl and her wedding day... but in the Russian language." "What's that there?" "What's in that, money?" "I don't know." "Maybe the present from the wedding days." "is that her father?" "I guess." "Have you got Dirty Dancing 2?" "No." "Where's your kids videos?" " Kids videos, I will show you." " Thanks." "They're all kids videos but in the Russian language." "They're all in the Russian?" "And what way do the Russian talk?" "Like you, is it?" "Do they all talk like you?" "Russian." "is every one of these videos Russian?" " You know how to look Russia." " What's a Russia?" "Russia's a country..." "yes, a country." "A country..." "A big, big country like China." "is it like China?" "is China far away?" "Yeah..." " Thanks." " You're welcome." "Hello, can I help you?" "I was looking at these." "Want to get your hair done?" "Plats?" "What length did you want?" "Up to here?" "That's about two hundred." "Two hundred!" "How much is it for there?" "From here..." "like 120." "120." "How much is it from here?" " That I can do for one hundred." " A hundred?" "With the extension." "You don't have to pay for the extension separately." "What's an extension like?" "Hair, is it?" "It's like hair." " ls that it there?" " Yeah, it's inside there." "So I won't pay for this separately?" "No, you pay everything together." "Everything together, so I don't have to buy something myself." "Want to take a look inside at what we are doing?" "Come with me." "Want something like this?" "Like this length?" "Ok." "So, we just attach the extension there, just like this, under..." "What are you going to do with the end of this hair?" "We have to burn the end." "What will you burn it with?" "We have to burn it because..." "with a lighter." "So that it will not get loose." "So when you burn it, it just remains like that." "Burn it, do you?" "Let me give you a card now, so that you can ring us whenever you want to get it done." "This is our card." "This is the address, this is the telephone number and this is the mobile number." " So give us a ring." " This number here, is that that?" " Yeah, alright." " Ok, thank you very much." "Bye, see you !" "That's it there now, Ladeen." "Right, reverse it back down." "Go on, keep coming..." "That's enough now, Ladeen." "That will do there." " Hold it, that will do there." " Hold it!" "That will do." "Go on..." "You'd need another one, wouldn't you?" "Yeah." "That's going to fall, fool!" "It's not." "It might slip out." "It's a grand tidy trailer, wait till I see the fridge." "is the fridge working?" "It needs curtains." "We need cotton and things." "Plenty of room in it." "There's not much fixing up to be done." "Grand timber floor and everything in it..." "Here Toby, here..." "That's all he loves is a big sausage." "Thank you, girls." " Grab this, I have to go in." " Get me more." " Go and see is there any more left." " lt is." " What else will I bring down?" " The curtains." "Ok, and how old are you?" "Ten going on eleven in another week." "What's the date of your birthday?" "It's November the..." "I don't know." "I don't know the date but..." "It's on December." "It's in December." "And you don't know exactly what date it is?" "Ok." "Do you know the year you were born?" "A couple of weeks after Halloween." "A couple of... weeks." "Right, but the year you were born?" "What year were you born?" "You don't know." "Doesn't matter, you're..." "My sister Rosie is two years older than me." "Right, Ok." "That's grand." "Now do you know why you're here, Winnie?" "No." "Well I'll tell you why you're here." "The school wanted me to meet you and to see how you were." "There's been a bit of trouble at school, hasn't there?" "Tell me, where you unwell in any way when you were at school?" "Yeah." " What was wrong with you?" " Nothing." "How many of you are living together now?" "Margaret..." "Mary Kate... me... and Dan." "Right, so that's four of you." "Can I ask a few questions about how you..." " And Rosie." " And Rosie, right." "Are you the baby?" " ls your mother alright?" " Bad cough." " Has she had that for a long time?" " She smokes." "Does she?" "How old is your Mum?" "Forty-three or something." "I'm just going to listen to your chest to see how you are." "Seen one of these before?" " Right, come over here..." " Where?" "Just come with me now and I'll show you." "Come on." "I want you to take off your cardigan and lie down flat for me on the bed." "is that Ok?" "I'll be with you in a sec." "Take a big deep breath in..." "Hold it... and out again." "I want you to breathe in and out as deeply as you can, Ok?" "Excellent." "Again." "Excellent." "Ok, can you feel that?" "You can feel that?" "And the other side?" "Do they feel the same?" "Right one, now." "It's sore, now." "No, here. lt's too sore." "It's sore underneath, is it?" "Has that always been sore?" "I can't lift my leg up high." "Only as far as there." "It's a bit stiff, is it?" "Let me move it for you, Ok?" "I'm going to bend your knee." " Don't hurt me!" " l won't." "You can tell me to stop if you're not happy." "is that Ok?" "That's alright?" "And the other one." "That's good, isn't it?" "Sit on the side there." "That's it." "Now, is that better?" "Tilt your head back for me." "Now say ah." "Excellent, and again." "Magnificent." "You have a wonderful big right tonsil." "Now, put them in your ears." " That's right." " Where will I put it?" "The best place to put it is here, so that you might be..." "Make sure you tap it so that..." "Right, can you hear that?" " Put your..." " l can't hear anything." "I know that." "You're not listening for the right thing." "Put it there and put this finger on your own pulse here." "Try and put your finger... lt's a very low sound, very, very low." "It's very, very low." "is that my body?" "That's your body." "What did Lisa say?" "She just said are we meeting her in town tomorrow." "Want me to get the tissues?" "Are you meeting her?" " Don't talk to me." " Are you?" "I'm going to ring her and ask her will she meet me." "Will I go over and pay?" "Wait there, I'm going with you." "Pay for it anyway." "Are you walking over?" "Can I get four euro worth of petrol please, and one of your... flushy pops." "And a Lanky Larry." "And one Lanky Larry, please." "is your name David?" "Yes, I am..." " Rosie, come on !" " Will you wait!" " l want to go home!" " l didn't even get one cycle!" "I don't care, hurry on !" "I want to go home, Rosie." "I'm going home." "Yeah, go on home." "Will you come on, Rosie?" "I want to go home!" "I only got it today!" "I don't care, Rosie!" "Now come on !" " l'm going home." " l'm going now, wait." " You coming?" " Yeah, come on." "You can't jump on." "God, it's freezing." "If I wanted to get married in a registry office, what's that like?" "Nobody there." "I think she was drunk." "I never saw that part." "Look at Mummy's hair." "I can't wait to get married." "Down the one at the end." "Doesn't look like anyone's in this one." "No, I don't think so." "She did say something about a new caravan." "Rosie!" "There's nobody in there." "That's the other family there..." "The new one." "Try the one at the end." " Rosie!" " Yeah, come on in." "Good morning, Shannon." "Morning, Helen." "God, it's freezing out there." "You've moved." "This is much better!" " Much smaller, for the kids." " lt's warmer, as well." "It's about the school and... lf you take them out of that school, you can't put them back or take them out again... I explained to the principal of their old school." " Hey, you." " Hi." "Then I'll have to get uniforms and things." "You have the forms?" "Do you want us to get them?" " You'd have to get them for me." " l'll sort that out." "The school bus comes at 10:30 in the morning and gathers at the school at 1 1 o'clock." "The children are back home again at 3 o'clock." "They get no homework or anything." "And they know nothing." "They're better off in a settled school." "Then Mary Kate for Technical school." " Do you want to go to Tech?" " No Tech." "Just up the road in Ringsend?" "You wouldn't like to go do a course there?" "I wouldn't rate it." "You wouldn't?" "They don't even know how to read the time." "Will they be able to go to a new school and stay?" "I'll do my best to make them settle down in the new school." "A lot of kids are leaving the Traveller school." "That's right." "They're learning nothing." "I had them in settled school before." "They were getting on great with the settled children." "Uniforms and everything else." "9 o'clock in the morning to 3 o'clock." "Why were they taken out of the settled school?" " We left that place." " Right." "We were staying in Thomas Street and we moved to Ringsend." "When we moved to Ringsend I put them in the Strand Street school." "She's for confirmation now in April coming." "If I don't get her in, she won't make her confirmation." "So I can't understand it." "We'll get in contact with them..." "You can come back and tell me, to let me know." "I'll find out if there's a place tomorrow." "And I'll have them ready Monday morning, for school." "At least they'll be getting a chance at this school if they get in, to learn how to read and write and get a job later." "Stop, you two girls!" "Stop and get outside." "Stop!" "Stop and get out!" "Go on, I'm trying to talk to your Mummy." "Stop as you're told!" " l heard you were a good singer." " Who, me?" "Who told you that?" "Mummy." "You're terrible!" " Tell her she's a better singer." " You're way better." "You're the best singer in Ireland." "I heard you were a brilliant singer." "Winnie's good." "I heard you were going in for the Eurovision." "Sing an old song for me?" " l'm a good singer." " Are you?" "No, let Winnie sing for a minute." "Rosie, let Winnie sing." "Go on, let Winnie sing." "Will I sing a song?" " Stop!" " Winnie!" "Outside you, go on." "Look, out." "Out!" "Now you..." "Out there." "Get out there." "Come on, Rosie." "If your Mummy tells you to go..." "She's too bold, that one." "If she thinks someone's looking at her..." " You give us a song, Rosie." " l can't sing." "Look at my arm..." "You're a social worker, look at that." " You're a social worker, look." " Sure." " That's sunburn..." " Sunburn my arse!" " What's up, love?" " What about the uniform?" " Don't worry about it..." " l forgot all about it." "It's grand, I said I'd bring the forms for the uniforms." "Don't forget tomorrow... lf you don't come, give me a ring." "I'll be able to come tomorrow." "I just don't know what time." "Thanks, Helen, for coming out." "And thanks, Shannon." "See you tomorrow with the help of God." "Thanks, God bless." "See you tomorrow at some point." "Bye, now." "Where are we going?" "Winnie can't talk about her brothers." "What about your own crooked brothers?" "They're not taking gear..." " Who's taking gear, Paki?" " Stop pushing me!" " Who's taking gear and banging up?" " Stop pushing me!" "Don't be hitting me..." "Stop!" "Paki, I'm just telling you to get out of that temper because I'm in no humour." "My cousin died of a fucking..." "What about if Dan catches us?" "I don't know." "When are we going back down?" "In a few minutes." "We only came here." "Here." "Give me another shot." "Will we go down in case Dan catches us..." "Hold that thing and I'll get the cork." "Where are we going to hide it?" "Don't know, I can't find the cork." "It went down here." "See will that go in." " Where are you hiding it?" " Don't know." " Underneath the matt?" " Ok." "This is a notice for eviction from this particular site." "I don't know how to read or write." "I don't want the letter." "We need you to move." "You're too close to the roundabout and with all those trucks we're afraid... I'm not leaving." "We're afraid one of the kids might get injured, or someone might get badly hurt." "What can I do?" "The council is doing nothing for me." "We really need you to move from here." "I'm not leaving." "Otherwise the council will bring you into court." "Can't help it." "Excuse me, John." "This is a final eviction notice." "You know as well as I do, if you don't adhere, the next step is court." "What's happening, Rosie?" "They want me to leave, no place to go." "This is Rosie's final eviction notice to move from this site." "She's saying that she won't move." "Where will you put her?" "We're thinking of putting her up the road a little, about 150 yards, 200 yards, just away from all these trucks." "It'll be much safer for you and I believe measures are in place... the council have tidied it up a lot, it's safer than where you are now." "Where will I be put?" "Come on, I'll show you." "It's just about 200 yards down, in off the road, away from all the traffic there." "We'll be able to get you a little caravan, for the kids." "It'll be much better for the kids." "We'll put in a portable toilet." "I have the plumber organised to change the water, you'll have water." "And we'll clean up the site." "It's a small little caravan?" "A similar size to this one." "Be good for the children, wouldn't it?" "Much better." "Do you have a mobile phone?" "Were you here before?" "Go round to the left, it's on your right." "Right, thanks." "Number 22." "When are you getting out?" "Should be out in a couple of weeks." "I'll get myself a job when I get out." "Get a flat." " Where are you getting the flat?" " Somewhere in Dublin." "A one bedroom flat." "Just one bed, is it?" "One bedroom and a kitchen and toilet." "Can I stay with you when you get it?" "A bathroom or a shower?" "Don't know yet." "I'll get a job, too." "Stay away from bad friends when I get out." "Bad company." "You know who your friends are when you're in those places." "I know." " How's the mother?" " She's after getting off the drink." "She should stay off it." "What's Dan doing?" "Dan?" "Messing and all, too much out of hand." "I'll give him a beating when I get out, a few slaps... and cop on to himself." "Rosie, get the phone!" "Rosie, the phone is ringing." "Hello." "Who's this?" "Uncle Martin." "Mummy, Uncle Martin wants you." "Hello." "I'm up at the top of the road." "On Monday." "Ah, the council." "They told me to go to the top or they would bring me to court." "I decided to go to the top of the road." "Alright, so." "Yeah, right so." "Yeah, Ok Martin." " Morning, Martin." " So what happened?" "The council shipped me up here on Monday." "And... they said they'd take me to court if I didn't leave." "What did they say about the house?" "Never said anything about the house." "Never opened their mouth." "Look where l am, a pool of dirty water." "Water rats and everything." " What's the story with the tap?" " They took away the tap as well." "No running water or nothing." "Did they not bring up another tap?" "And they put me in a load of dirty gutter and everything else." " What other Travellers were here?" " Ladeen." " Where's Ladeen now?" " Up there." "What happened with the eviction?" "We had to move, the council moved us down here." "Did you ask about the tap?" "They took away the tap." "Said he'd bring back another but they never did it." "How long are you here now?" " About two months altogether." " You had a house in Finglas." "I had to leave it, they were throwing stones over the wall and we found petrol." "I thought they'd burn the house with the children." " How many children do you have?" " Six." "Six of them." "That's bad." "You put in for another house?" "I put in for a house around Coolock." "Maybe you could help?" "Yeah, when did you put in for it?" "I put in about... over a month ago." "She does work for Travellers so she'll give you a hand with that." "You didn't know anybody from the council that evicted you?" "I think it was John... I'll go to the council and have a word about the two of you." "See what you can do to get a house out of here." "This is bad." "There's a lot of water rats around here, too." "It's the digging across the road." "is this council land?" "No, harbour." "The harbour police came to move us off when we did move up here." "We thought the council owned it." "That's council property up there." "This isn't." "So if they move you here, they don't have to get you a house." "That's the problem." "Winnie, this is too dirty." "Get me something else." "That top." "No, that's too light." "What kind of top?" "A jumper." "How are we meant to get these home?" "Rosie, get me out of the bin !" "No, get me something else." "There." "That's too big. it's a man's." "That's a man's shirt." "There, that's the last thing I want to get out." " Get me out of the bin !" " That won't fit." "No, I'm getting out now." "That won't fit me, get something else." "No, I'm getting out." "Help me to get out." "If you let me fall..." " l won't." " Watch." "Hurry up, Winnie." "Pull it down !" "Handicap!" "Put it down !" "I'll leave you in the bin." "Watch me." "Did you see Winnie, Rosie?" " Leave them in and give me help." " l won't." " This place is an awful mess." " l won't!" "Afternoon." " Alright Missus, how are you?" " Grand." "What's happened here?" "The council shipped me up here into this mess." " When did they do that?" " Last week." "Jesus!" "Did they put the boulders down as well?" "Yeah, they put the boulders down." "Jesus Christ!" "They said to go or they'd bring me to court." "It's a pretty bad mess, isn't it?" "Every bit of it." "I'm not going to lie to you, I'll tell you why I'm here." "I'm really sorry I didn't get back to you." "I know I said the next day." "The thing is, I..." "The reason is I had nothing to tell you." "That's right, yeah." "The only thing I can say is things aren't going very good." "No, they're not." "I'm having real trouble getting her in." "I've been on to the Education, the head man of the school, trying to get them in..." "So I said, is it because they're Travelling children?" "is that why they're not allowed in?" "He said no." "The thing is it's not up to me to say that, I can't stand here and say that to you." "But I won't lie, I think you know the answer." "I explained the children are missing an awful lot of school and no one is doing nothing for them." "I've been trying to get people to answer phone calls for the past..." "Since we last spoke I've been on the phone." "Not one person has answered a phone call." "They said they'd let me know." "No one came and told me anything." "I'm still waiting for them." "I can't understand." "They said they'd give me a toilet and a different caravan." " But nothing." " Nothing's come?" "Not a thing." " Only the boulders have come..." " That's all, the boulders." "Hopefully next time I'll have better news." "Thanks for coming out." "Right, see you again." " See you, Rosie." " Bye." "I'll be in touch, it'll be sooner than the last time." "Alright, thank you very much." "Come back..." " Let go of me!" " Come back." " Let go, you handicap!" " Back to the shop, please." " Relax, relax..." " Will you let go!" " Know what that is?" " What?" "A grass head." "What's a grass head?" "See the stuff here?" "See this?" "That's all grass seeds." "If you put it in a dish of water, it soaks up the water all the way through his head and then grass grows out the top of his head and makes hair." "So he has green hair that stands up." "Have you got any more?" "Take that, if you want." " Can I?" " Yeah." "Deadly." "Did you do art and craft at school?" "What?" "Do you do art and craft at school?" "Want to change schools?" "I want to get in a different one." "Do you think it will be any better?" "is this for pictures?" " Can I do pictures?" " Work away." " l love doing pictures." " Do you?" "What do you think is going to sort this out now with school?" "What do you think the solution is?" "If I move into a settled school." "A settled school..." "With settled kids?" "Why would that make a difference?" "Because Travellers know everything about me." "Everything !" "Like what?" "My father gone..." "They call me names." "Alright, so they slag you because of it?" "It would be like a new start if you went to another school?" "What's that?" "Someone was writing on my school wall." "Oh, the graffiti." "What problems might you have if you went to a settled school?" " Good problems." " Good problems..." "Are there any such thing?" "Give me an example." "I hate my writing." "You hate your writing?" "Why?" "Because it's handicapped." "Rosie, it's my sup next." "Here, Hannah, don't get yourself too drunk." "Don't be all night with the cup." "You'll be locked up in the barrack if you get too drunk." "You'll sing The Wild Colonial Boy after this!" "I will, yeah." "I'd like to hear you sing it." "I can sing Spancil Hill." "Get more sticks for the fire, you women." "You're men, you should get the sticks." "We got them first time." "You wouldn't want to be drinking going to court... I'd bring a bottle of Vodka into the court with me." "I'll say to the Judge, "Do you want a drop, my Honour?"" "Hannah must be near drunk, not a word from her." "My sup next." "You'll have to walk for a bottle of vodka." "I'm not walking, it's too far." "I hope you won't beat us up tonight!" "No, I won't!" "Watch the bottle and I won't hit you." "Because you'll get no chicken tonight, Ladeen !" "You're putting a good sup in yourself." "She is." "If you were driving that time you were gone." "You fill out the next bottle, Hannah." "She's putting a lot in." "We'll give it to Tom, shake your legs." "No, I'm not." "One of you has to walk to the shop again." "I'm not walking, nor is Tom." "One of you will, there's none left." " There's not a sup left." " Fuck off, I'm not able to walk." " Has to curse..." " You'd drink it though." "Rosie's after drinking all that." "If the drink comes back here you'll get no more." "He'll drink it but not walk for it." "Look at that for the horse's mouth !" "I'm not going to no shop." "You will fucking go to the shop." " Take the bottle out of her hand." " l'll hit her." "Get back now, get back!" "I'll dare you !" "Will you leave her!" "Come out, Tom !" "You'll have her killed!" "Come out!" "Tom, leave me alone!" "That's my yoke." "Ganesh." "Good night, Ganesh." "Make me a cup of tea." "Nell, come on." "Nell, are you going out today?" "Going to stay in your Nanny's?" "Like it over there?" "Yeah..."