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Behind the doors of Ireland's hoarders: 'We had to take the door off to get in'

‘There was one house where the man who lived there would collect the neighbours rubbish and bring it into his house.’

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Mar 8th 2015, 5:30 PM

Suspected home explosion turns out to be just a huge mess

Oh… we’ll just be moving to a different country now.

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May 16th 2014, 8:30 PM

Irish men hoard more stuff than Irish women, says survey

64 per cent of people say they don’t like to throw things away, while over 23 per cent openly admitted that they are hoarders.

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Oct 14th 2013, 3:00 PM