Possession order granted on home

A Co Dublin driving instructor, who owes more than €170,000 arrears on her mortgage and more than €40,000 in credit card debts, has lost her home after a bank was granted a possession order against it.

Barrister Stephen Byrne told the Circuit Civil Court that Gwen Finlay, of Cherrywood, Loughlinstown, Co Dublin, now owed KBC Bank Ireland a total of €606,000 which included mortgage repayment arrears of €171,000.

Judge Jacqueline Linnane, who ordered that the bank be allowed to repossess No 34 Cherrywood by mid-October, said Ms Finlay also owed credit card debts of €30,000 and €12,000 on which no payments were being made.