The Government has left mortgage holders down, admits Tánaiste

Families struggling in mortgage misery have not been given the help they deserve by the Government, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore admitted.

The remark was the standout admission of failure in a one-year report card produced by ministers, which was otherwise dismissed as an empty PR stunt by the opposition.

Mr Gilmore indicated householders swamped with debt had been let down in a “frustrating” fashion due to the scale of the crisis.