'I fear ending up homeless': Cork artist forced to sell lifetime's work after mortgage refusal

I know friends my age who have ended up in homeless shelters and I think 'is that me further down the line?'

Artist Eileen Healy also works as a part-time lecturer at the Crawford Art College of Art and Design in Cork, yet the bank recently deemed her living "too precarious" to qualify for a mortgage.

A talented artist whose work features in the collections of UCC, the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork, and the OPW is selling her vast amount of paintings and sketchbooks in a bid to buy a small home.

In addition to her artwork, Eileen Healy, aged 54, is a part-time lecturer at the Crawford Art College of Art and Design in Cork where she teaches painting and life drawing. She also performs in bands.