SCOUT· 49%21m·2026-09-04·True CrimeMartin 'the Viper' Foley to lose home over €1m debt
The Criminal Assets Bureau will take possession of Martin 'The Viper' Foley's home next week after a long-running legal battle over a €1m debt. Foley, who is now 75-years-old, has spent his life beating the odds after surviving at least five assassination attempts over three decades. Niall Donald talks to Crime…
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“The family home is usually considered sacred when it comes to paying debts unless it has been put up as collateral for a loan. If Martin owed money to an ordinary individual he would not lose the family home. So this is state overreach and…”
“If a homeless man goes to court for a family home to be sold the judge will put a stay on the sale until the child is out of full-time education, but when the state comes looking for taxes we end up with a homeless child in the middle of th…”
“Ah, the debt collector is going to be on the other side of the collection.”
“So CAB will sell this house to the council because no fool will buy it. I would not buy it for one euro. The council will house Martin and his family in the house because they will not get anyone else to even try living there.”
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