Man to sue bank for loss of marital consortium

A man who this week lost his €750,000 home for failing to keep up repayments on his loan, told a judge he was suing Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank for damages for loss of consortium with his late wife.

Patrick Cahill, of Grace Park Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin, told Judge Jacqueline Linnane in the Circuit Civil Court that harassment of his late wife by the bank “had led to her suicide”.

Barrister Eithne Corry, counsel for the bank, told the court that bank officials, in sworn affidavits, had refuted Mr Cahill’s claims and allegations. Ms Corry, who appeared with Jonathan Finan, of Kane Tuohy Solicitors, said the bank had facilitated Mr Cahill with a €750,000 offer of a loan in 2006, and had given him a 25-year mortgage for that amount.