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PODCAST: Robert Pether is homeless and living on a couch in Iraq - 14 weeks after prison release

Sep 16, 2025 12:15
By Eoghan Murphy
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PODCAST: Robert Pether is homeless and living on a couch in Iraq - 14 weeks after prison release
Before and after: Robert Pether, right, pictured last Friday; and left, before his imprisonment

His family are selling their house in Elphin and have sold their car, as they continue to fight his case.

A Roscommon resident is homeless and living on a couch in Iraq - 14 weeks after being free from prison.

His family are selling their house in Elphin and have sold their car, as they continue to fight his case.

Robert Pether was in jail in Iraq for over four years, because of a contract dispute between his employer and the Iraqi government.

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He was finally released on bail in June, but still can't leave Iraq.

His wife, Desree, says he's homeless, extremely thin and without medical attention - as she told Eoghan Murphy earlier:

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