Understanding abroad for home buyers

APART from the Great Famine, the most traumatic folk memory still hard-wired into our collective consciousness is of the notorious evictions of the mid-1800s when thousands of tenants, small farmers and indigent landholders were forced out of their homes because they could not pay their way.

Why? Landlords were ruthless.

Fast forward to Ireland 2011 where the prospect of losing your home has become a grim reality for many families who never dreamed that the good life could become such a nightmare.