Wife of gambler in tears as home seized

A separated mother-of-two cried in court as a county registrar granted a repossession order to KBC Bank for her family home.

Wife of gambler in tears as home seized

The Ennis woman told the Clare Registrar’s Court that KBC Bank “should have done their homework before handing my then husband €210,000 because he was a compulsive gambler at the time”.

She said: “I am here today taking responsibility. Why isn’t the bank taking responsibility? Why would you hand that money over to a compulsive gambler? Why didn’t they do a proper background check on my husband?”.

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