Couple learned of eviction while bringing newborn home from hospital

A couple served with an eviction order from the Strand apartments in Limerick just after the birth of their baby boy are among dozens of “angry and upset” tenants struggling to find a new home.

Hungarian national Krisztina Berta, 37, her fiancé Angel Catala, 38, from Spain, and their 11-week old baby Christopher, have been ordered to leave their one-bed apartment by April 19. It is due to be sold at auction after a tranche of apartments were acquired by a vulture fund.

They had just left the Maternity hospital on the Ennis Road in Novemberwhen they received the news that they had to leave their home of six years.