Protests in court over orders to repossess

Three members of a well- known Cork political family — one of whom is currently serving a jail sentence — were among 126 mortgage holders against whom lenders sought repossession orders at a sometimes noisy Limerick County Registrar’s court yesterday.

At one point, a garda had to be called to clear the courtroom.

Case Number 67 on the list involved Permanent TSB, which sought to repossess a buy-to-let property in Co Limerick on which a mortgage had been given to former TD Noel O’Flynn and his sons Kenneth. and Gary, the latter of whom is currently in jail.