Jobless mother bids to stop bank repossessing €700k family home

A mother of four on social welfare is appealing to the High Court an order for possession by a bank against her €700,000 family home.

Judge Jacqueline Linnane in the Circuit Civil Court yesterday told counsel for Mary White her court had no jurisdiction to extend a stay that runs up to Feb 28, as she had already lodged an appeal to the higher court.

The judge said the order made last August in the Circuit Civil Court granted Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank possession of the property in Dublin 6, with a stay for six months.