Bankers hit out at Honohan’s ‘emotive’ remarks on suicide

THE row over claims by the Master of the High Courts that repossession threats led to suicides among struggling mortgage holders deepened yesterday after bankers dismissed the remarks as inflammatory and emotive.

Latest figures from the Courts Service show more than two repossession orders a day were made in the first three months of this year.

There were 210 repossession orders made in the High Court and Circuit Courts during that period, compared to 173 for the same period last year.