Man unable to sell pub faces losing family home

A MAN saddled with a pub he cannot sell faces losing the home he shares with his young daughter, the High Court heard yesterday.

In the case brought by EBS Building Society in which an order for repossession was granted, the High Court was told that the man had failed to sell a pub in Athboy, Co Meath, and as a result faced losing the house he shares in the town with his 10-year-old daughter.

The repossession case was heard on a day when all but one of the applications by another firm, Start Mortgages, were adjourned to dates next year, although the company said this was “coincidence” and not a policy of avoiding repossessions in the run-up to Christmas.