Family hopes stance empowers others in arrears

A man whose family is facing eviction said he hopes their decision to go public will give thousands of other families in mortgage arrears the strength to take a stand.

Martin O’Sullivan, whose plight was raised in the Dáil yesterday, thanked the public last night for their support as legal efforts to appeal their eviction from their home in the Dún an Óir estate in Kanturk, Co Cork, intensified.

“We’ve been overwhelmed by the response. People have been calling and driving up to the house saying ‘congratulations’ and saying they hope everything works out for us,” he said.