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Diarmuid Breatnach is at Supreme Clean because hi
s washing machine is broken and may not get it repaired because he faces the threat of eviction. “I defaulted on my mortgage. There’s a lot of people in this situation. The country is run for speculators and bankers.” “I was a couple of years away from retirement in a permanent job. I wasn’t happy there. I got released to go on a temporary contract. I needed another three months but then couldn’t get another job or reference. If you can’t get a reference, you can’t get a job at my age. I did a bit of freelance health and safety assessment to get myself in the door. I wasn’t qualified enough though to get more regular paid work.” “It’s there at the back of the mind, the axe waiting to fall and what it is going to be like trying to find another place. A lot of people are in this situation and some with kids.” On laundromats: “It’s a fairly quick service. They have lost a few odd pairs of socks but it’s cheap and close by.” Lucas Nascimento is from Rio Di Janeiro Brazil and has been here six months. “The weather, the weather… it is secure here and a quieter life. My brother lives here, I had been here before in 2019 to visit him. Food is not as expensive here but rent and school is expensive. In Rio I studied marketing. In November, I will go back to Brazil. I don’t know if I will come back here. I have been to Italy, France, Portugal, Spain, Netherlands but not other parts of Ireland.” 21