Aoife is one of thousands of ‘mortgage prisoners’ from 2008 banking crisis

Despite never missing a mortgage payment on her family home, the Kerry mother of three nonetheless finds herself at the mercy of a vulture fund, writes Special Correspondent Mick Clifford

Aoife O’Carroll says debt hangs over her life like a black cloud. Picture: Don MacMonagle

Aoife O’Carroll didn’t party. 

Back in the 2000s, as the country grappled with arriving in the first division of national economies, she was busy trying to raise young children and subsequently keep her marriage intact.