Family home owners should not be evicted, says Ryan

The leader of the Green Party has said people living in a family home who cannot afford to pay their mortgage should not be evicted from that house.

Eamon Ryan was responding to questions on the plight of the O’Sullivan family in Kanturk, Co Cork, who are facing eviction after Start Mortgages secured a repossession order after two years of default on their €180,000 mortgage.

“There are instances where it would be right to sell a family home, let’s say where you have a massive house and you can downscale or, in another case, where it’s the right thing for the person to do,” he said during a visit to Cork.