When the bailiffs come knocking: The families facing down homelessness

The banks and courts are showing scant mercy when it comes to families struggling to stay in their homes. Norma Costelloe talks to families who think this year could be the year that the bailiffs finally come knocking.

Seven years after the bank bailout and the collapse of Anglo Irish Bank, its widely expected that there will be a wave of repossessions this year.

The Central Bank itself expects that up to 50,000 people could find themselves homeless by the year’s end due to repossessions and rent hikes.