Double fault

IT’S ludicrous for some people to suggest a bailout for homeowners struggling to repay mortgages.

No borrower was forced to take 110% mortgages, car loans, holiday loans, etc.

It was their decision and their gamble.

Yet a blame-everyone-else attitude has prevailed. The consistent call to punish the financial institutions for reckless lending needs to be matched with responsibility by homeowners who partook in reckless borrowing.

Colm Lauder

‘Rockville’

Victoria Road

Clontarf

Dublin 3