A controversial trust accused of “predatory behaviour” by a mortgage insolvency expert has reignited its appeal for funds on Facebook.

A High Court judge has criticised phony notices issued to a receiver by anti-eviction campaigner Charlie Allen who falsely claimed to have an interest in lands in Co Cork.

THROUGHOUT the summer at least 2,000 people, many of them involved in businesses during the boom, made a last-ditch attempt to remain in control of their debt-laden properties. They did so by putting their faith in a mysterious property trust that it was claimed had found a way to split mortgages from properties themselves.

A trust set up to help “middle Ireland fight back” and which is estimated to control €2bn in assets and have almost 2,000 members last night prevented gardaí and receivers from entering a farm in Co Kildare.