Court grants 11 home repossessions

A record 11 repossession orders for homes were yesterday granted at the repossession court in Ennis.

During four hours in court, Clare registrar Pat Wallace dealt with 171 applications for repossession from financial institutions and made the 11 repossession orders — more than double the previous high of five granted at the repossession court in Ennis.

There were eight gardaí in the courtroom and its environs to prevent a repeat of the chaotic scenes that occurred in Limerick last week where Mr Wallace was forced to abandon the repossession court there.