why not just pay? it will be good for your soul. Thanks to people like you who just bu@@er off from their responsibilities, I have to pay more when i want to borrow money. They can still give you a ccj in your absence, making it impossible for you to get good credit/mortgage/loans in the future
If you contacted them they would probably make easy installments for you and allow you to avoid a court judgement
I have a little more sympathy for your situation, One of my best freinds is in such a bad state with aggresive debt collectors that i worry about her committing suiside - seriously - these compamys are awful .
Did you get the debt letter to your home address in Ireland ? im pressuming so which means like it or not they have found you and will continue with there campaign or would not have bothered to contact you there...If its not too late put " not known at this addess on the letter and send it back " ps if your are renting you are kinda ok, if its a home you own its bad news they can forse you ino bankruptsy ........heartless ******** x