A county sheriff has been prevented from repossessing a home on behalf of a bank in Laois by a nationwide organisation set up to stop the eviction of people and families from their homes.

PATRICK GRANT was yesterday dressed like the enemy.

GRASSROOTS groups of mortgage holders are to come together as one national mass movement over the coming weeks in order to force action on mortgage distress, insolvency law reform and repossession.

THE Government’s plan to solve the mortgage debt crisis has been criticised as vague and lacking in urgency, amid claims it backtracked on key election promises.