A Tsunami of repossessions?
For the past three months, Francesca Comyn has travelled Ireland examining the coalface of a looming repossessions crisis. This is her report
Maureen (not her real name), a woman in her late 50s, has just caught sight of a neighbour and it is causing her some discomfort. She is standing in the foyer of Portlaoise courthouse, several minutes before the callover of housing repossession cases. As someone who has tried to shield her children from the extent of her mortgage woes, she is keen to avoid familiar ...
