Irish mortgages arrears steady as COVID-19 payment breaks near end

The number of Irish homeowners in arrears for more than 90 days was steady at 5.6% at the end of June, data showed on Monday as repayment breaks aimed at keeping mortgage holders from falling into arrears due to the COVID-19 crisis begin to come to an end.Irish banks provided 89,000 repayment breaks of up to six months since March, 43,000 of which were still in place last month.