Mother with terminal cancer told arrears mean mortgage will not be paid off when she dies

A Kerry mother-of-two diagnosed with terminal cancer has been told that if she dies, her €110,000 mortgage won’t be paid off as she is €260 in arrears on her mortgage protection policy.

The woman from Tralee, who is in her 40s and does not want to be named, lost her job two years ago and fell behind in her AIB mortgage payments.

She managed initially to keep her mortgage protection policy payments up.