Last week a video went viral of an agent for a landlord visiting 36 rental tenants in Bridgetown, County Wexford, handing out eviction notices. Yesterday, Jennifer Bray in the Sunday Times revealed that the company behind the evictions was a little-known firm called Patchwork Limited, which is one of a series of companies owned by husband and wife Leonie Grant and Martin Sinnott. The Sinnotts (or is it Grants?) sit atop an enormous business empire which turned over €55m in 2024 and earned them annual profits of €13m, making them classic and immediate villain characters in any populist telling of the tale.
But of course, this is a free country: Mrs Grant and Mr Sinnott have every right to run their business, and every right to be successful. And in the video of the agent serving the eviction notices on their behalf, their reasons (at least those communicated on their behalf) were very clear:
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