Court hears Mayo woman who lost family home was being overcharged on mortgage

A woman lost her family home and ended up being adjudicated a bankrupt after Bank of Ireland charged her over twice what she ought to be paying on her mortgage, the High Court has heard.

Deirdre Dennis said she was left financially crippled and personally devastated by the level of overcharging on her monthly repayments between June 2012 and December 2017, to Bank of Ireland.