Eviction
# eviction - Thursday 14 March, 2013
ECJ rules Spain’s eviction laws breach EU directive
The Spanish government has promised its law will now be “corrected” to comply with the ruling.
# eviction - Saturday 2 March, 2013
How a citizen protest movement is stopping evictions in Spain
The citizen-run Platform for Mortgage Victims helps people who can’t pay their mortgages and says it has blocked almost 600 evictions so far.
# eviction - Sunday 13 January, 2013
Photos: Israel evicts Palestinians from West Bank protest site
Dozens of protesters were evicted from the first-of-its-kind protest camp in an area slated for Jewish settlement.
# eviction - Thursday 13 December, 2012
Shatter said Troika deal will not increase repossessions
The Minister for Justice said the right for banks to repossess a home when a person defaults already exists in mortgage contracts.
# eviction - Monday 12 November, 2012
Spain freezes home evictions in worst cases
The move comes after two suicides by indebted homeowners in the country who were facing eviction.
# eviction - Thursday 23 August, 2012
The 9 at 9: Thursday
The nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
Father of five barricades farm after eviction notice
Seamus Sherlock, ‘Life After Debt’ campaigner, said he feels like the bank is trying to ‘make an example’ of him.
# eviction - Wednesday 22 August, 2012
Rio 2016: Favela dwellers face eviction as Olympic highway is planned
“Our government wants to act like Robin Hood, but the other way around,” says one resident, “take from the poor to give to the rich.”
# eviction - Tuesday 29 May, 2012
The Daily Fix: Tuesday
Your essential round-up of the day’s biggest news stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
Attempted eviction postponed after Sinn Féin TD intervenes
Dessie Ellis intervened in an attempted eviction of a woman and her daughter from their council house in north Dublin after a dispute over rent arrears.
# eviction - Saturday 21 April, 2012
Evicted couple set up tent outside former home
The Taoiseach has expressed little sympathy over the elderly Dublin’s circumstances, saying that it was “peculiar” that they did not arrange somewhere else to stay.
# eviction - Thursday 19 April, 2012
The Daily Fix: Thursday
All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as the few bits and pieces you might not have seen.
# eviction - Wednesday 18 April, 2012
VIDEO: Couple evicted from Killiney home after Anglo repossession order
“I want to convey what a horrific experience it is,” says Asta Kelly, after she and her husband are evicted from their home.
# eviction - Thursday 15 March, 2012
Laois homeowner who stopped the sheriff left ‘demoralised’ after eviction
Campaigners were able to stop Lee Wellstead from being evicted last month but the 47-year-old is today homeless after the sheriff made a successful second eviction attempt yesterday.
# eviction - Saturday 3 March, 2012
Column: Ignore the conspiracy theories – the household charge must be paid
There is an increasing amount of gibberish masquerading as legal fact about things like the household charge, writes Fergal Crehan. It’s dangerous and it needs to end.
# eviction - Tuesday 28 February, 2012
Occupy London protesters evicted from camp at St Paul’s Cathedral
Around 20 people were arrested during the dismantling of the camp which began just after midnight last night.
# eviction - Tuesday 21 February, 2012
The Daily Fix: Tuesday
Your nightly news round-up of the day’s biggest stories…
I stopped the sheriff: Activists prevent eviction of man from Laois home
Independent TD Joan Collins was among a group of activists that stopped the attempted eviction of a man from his home in Laois yesterday.
# eviction - Friday 17 February, 2012
US man tries to evict 98-year-old mother on her birthday
The 71-year-old son says that his mother should be with people of her own age. Harsh.
# eviction - Tuesday 14 February, 2012
# eviction - Thursday 19 January, 2012
Norfolk football team faces eviction 21 years after death of King Olav
What in the name of Thor does King Olav the fifth of Norway have to do with little old Cromer Town FC? I hear you ask. Well, gather close.
# eviction - Sunday 20 November, 2011
Occupy Dame Street protesters warned of legal action
The protest group says they have been advised that the Central Bank will seek a High Court injunction against their encampment tomorrow.
# eviction - Thursday 20 October, 2011
Remaining Dale Farm residents and supporters leave site peacefully
The walkout was in sharp contrast to the violent scenes at the UK’s largest illegal camp site yesterday.
# eviction - Wednesday 19 October, 2011
Photos, video: Clashes at early morning Dale Farm evictions
Bailiffs and riot police arrived at the site in Essex earlier this morning to begin the planned eviction.
Police and protesters clash as evictions begin at Dale Farm
Supporters of the Irish travellers have clashed with police as a caravan has been set alight on the site.
# eviction - Wednesday 5 October, 2011
Shebeen Chic staff to stage ‘lock-in’ protest over closure
Staff at the George’s St pub are to keep their regular opening hours but sleep, shower and eat in the premises in order to prevent it being closed before 31 January. A high court eviction order has been served on the tenants.
# eviction - Sunday 18 September, 2011
The 9 at 9: Sunday
Nine things to know this Sunday morning including €500 All Ireland tickets, the latest in the race for the Áras, and Dale Farm travellers brace for eviction…
# eviction - Saturday 3 September, 2011
UN calls for eviction of Dale Farm travellers to be suspended
The call was made as Dale Farm supporters and residents plan events in the coming days to protest against the eviction of hundreds of Irish travellers.
# eviction - Wednesday 31 August, 2011
London court rules Dale Farm eviction can proceed
More than 300 Irish Travellers had sought an injunction against Basildon Council’s efforts to evict them from their homes in Essex, England.
# eviction - Saturday 6 August, 2011
Essex Traveller evictions ‘could breach human rights’
The United Nations has raised concerns as a local council plans to evict the Travellers from one of the largest sites in Essex.
# eviction - Friday 5 August, 2011
The Rent is Too Damn High candidate faces eviction
Jimmy McMillan, who plans to run in the US presidential election next year, is lodging a $70,000 counter-claim against his landlord.
# eviction - Monday 18 April, 2011
Shatter announces review of ‘ancient’ landlord and tenant laws
The Justice Minister launches a review to current laws, but the review will not include proposals on upward-only rents.
# eviction - Wednesday 23 February, 2011
Haitian quake victims ‘forced out of camps’ by landowners
The owners of land used as emergency refuge camps are evicting refugees, looking to get their land back.




















































