Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

——to people who because of their age, social profile or income were clearly going to have difficulty repaying them. Nonetheless, the banks shovelled such mortgages out anyway, so they have a significant responsibility to recognise their role in preventing a catastrophe from occurring across the land. Within the next 24 hours, the Government should let us know where it stands on this impending crisis.

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