For many of the residents of Fatima Mansions unemployment and low-income jobs are the norm. Residents of Fatima Mansions watch the budget announcement in the hope that Charlie McCreevy's budget would improve conditions for the 1,000 people living in the flat complex.

A RTÉ News report by Orla O'Donnell who speaks to residents of Fatima Mansions, Dublin to get their reaction to Budget 2000.

This report was broadcast on 1 December, 1999.

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