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Date Published Title
09/02/2022 Irish Mortgage Rates highest in Euro Zone again 
09/12/2021 Central Bank of Ireland Residential Mortgage Arrears Repossessions Statistics 
31/08/2021 High Court overturns €250,000 insolvency arrangement
29/04/2021
 Court rejects plan for woman to pay mortgage until age of 98 
12/03/2021
 Personal insolvancy arrangement for golf shop director refused 
05/02/2021
 Cork Car Sales Executive fails to get approval to write off €190K debt
AUG/2020 Insolvancy Service Ireland - Guidlines on a reasonable standard of living and reasonable living expenses 
07/08/2020 Ombudsman notes high number of tracker mortgage complaints
27/07/2020 What's the legal effect of Covid-19 payment breaks on mortgages?
13/07/2020 Waiver of the right to bring an action contesting an unfair term according Article 6(1) Directive 13/1993
11/06/2020 Lloyds Bank fined £64m for overcharging mortgage customers
19/05/2020 Banks behind twice as many home repossessions as vulture funds
19/05/2020 A Lost Decade - Study on Mortgage Possession Court Lists in Ireland 
03/03/2020 EU Court rules Spain’s mortgage pricing could be abusive
03/03/2020 Spanish banks rally after EU court’s mortgage contracts ruling 
17/02/2020 Why words matter when it comes to human rights and housing
10/01/2020 Mortgage holders benefit from - and need - advice, says ESRI
29/11/2019 Low income borrowers now better able to repay mortgage - Central Bank
30/10/2019 Central Bank rules over legal fees on mortgage arrears
11/09/2019 EU high court could qualify Spain mortgage pricing as abusive
25/05/2019 Potential landmark mortgage arrears case struck out
19/02/2020 A Guide for People in Mortgage Distress in Ireland
29/04/2019 Hope for those at risk of repossession
12/04/2019 Analysis of Key Findings - Grant v. The County Registrar From the County of Laois, 2016/787 J.R
26/02/2019 Repossessions Bill will take family circumstances into account
05/02/2019 Home-loan debtors and the fear factor
30/01/2019 People in Distress Need Legal Advice and Court Representation One / Two
14/11/2018 Community Action Network (CAN): House Hold: Life in Mortgage Distress (2018)
22/10/2018 Week 2 - Summaries of publications related to abusive lending practices
04/10/2018 Week 1 - Summaries of publications related to abusive lending practices
09/09/2018 Home debt law stalled to protect vulture sales
12/07/2018 Foreign Currency Exchange Clauses Annulled in Sweeping Court Ruling in Croatia
11/07/2018 Price variation clauses - an unfair term?
29/06/2018 Analysis: The Transparency Principle in the Interpretation of the UCTD
12/03/2018 Access to Justice and the ECB – A Study of ECB Directly Supervised and other MorAccess to Justice and the ECB – A Study of ECB Directly Supervised and other MorAccess to Justice and the ECB – A Study of ECB Directly Supervised and other Mortgage Respossion Cases in Ireland
06/03/2018 Let's stop hiding behind concerns of 'strategic defaults' and 'moral hazard' and finally tackle mortgage crisis
19/02/2018 We've paid back €90,000 on a €30,000 loan but we're still battling to keep our home'
01/02/2018 New guide aims to help borrowers in mortgage distress
01/02/2018 A Guide for People in Mortgage Distress in Ireland
19/01/2018 Swiss franc loan annulled in Slovenia because currency risks not spelt out
13/01/2018 Over 50 repossession cases before court
04/01/2018 Massive blow' to vulture funds as home repossessions halted due to arrears miscalculations