By COLIN BARTLEY MORE Kilkenny households are set to benefit from a Government initiative aimed at helping people in mortgage distress or arrears. The Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government initiative was established to help homeowners at risk of losing their homes due to unsustainable mortgage debt. And now the department has increased its […]
OUTSPOKEN Kilkenny TD John McGuinness has heavily criticised banks for selling mortgages to vulture funds without giving distressed homeowners any say in the matter. Deputy McGuinness also hit out at the Government, which he accused of pandering to a European Central Bank agenda in allowing the sale of homeloans to vulture funds. This week it […]
OUTSPOKEN Kilkenny TD John McGuinness has launched another scathing attack on the banks – accusing them of being “as aggressive and arrogant as the time of the crash”. Deputy McGuinness made the comments directly to Leo Varadkar as the Taoiseach appeared at an Oireachtas Finance Committee hearing this week. The Kilkenny TD said told the […]