Ireland pubs reopening: Taoiseach Micheal Martin gives major update on when boozers will be allowed to reopen
The Fianna Fail leader was equally pessimistic about getting the virus under control as he warned of new strains of coronavirus emerging here
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News that the current Covid-19 restrictions would continue until next month did not surprise the Licensed Vintners Association, whose CEO Donall O’Keeffe said vaccine roll-out is the key to society opening up again in the future.
FBD disputed this, arguing that the closures did not occur as a result of an outbreak of disease at the premises or areas where the pubs are located.
It said it has never provided cover for pandemics and no-one in Ireland has ever asked for it.
Speaking on the result, Noel Anderson, managing director of Lemon and Duke, told
The Journal.ie: “It should never have come to this. I specifically had taken out a business interruption policy to protect us against Covid-19 and its potential impact on our business. As the court heard during the trial, this was acknowledged in writing by FBD.”
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FBD Ordered to Fulfil Pub Claims for Pandemic Business Interruption By Mike Gilmore
After ten months of battle, four publicans have won a landmark case against their insurer.
FBD had tried to evade compensating the businesses affected by pandemic closures, claiming their policies didn t offer coverage for such instances.
Mr Justice Denis McDonald ruled today that FBD policies did in fact cover the losses incurred by pubs from business interruption arising from the pandemic.
The sum of losses to be paid to the four pubs will be determined at a later date.
The owners of three Dublin bars took the case to court, with Sinnott s, The Lemon and Duke, and The Leopardstown Inn all represented today.