Debt firms hounding those with no cash, says SVP chief

PRIVATE debt collection companies are “hounding people” who have nothing and putting them under huge pressure, the southern regional president of St Vincent de Paul has warned.

Brendan Dempsey said debt collectors are a “huge problem” and the law seems to be on the side of the banks, which can harass people non-stop.

“They are phoning them three times a day, calling to their house. I know one person who does not even have her house anymore, she has lost everything, so what is the point of it?”