Judge: Banks had their way too long

Banks have had it their own way for too long, a judge said yesterday, adding that he would bend over backwards to facilitate anybody who makes a genuine effort to deal with their indebtedness.

Judge Gerald Keys was dealing with a case involving AIB bank and a Co Limerick farmer, Michael O’Brien.

Mr O’Brien, a 53-year-old farmer of Bulgaden, Kilmallock, told the court he was seeking an adjournment as he had discharged his legal team from representing.