The National Transport Authority found that the company breached EU regulations concerning the rights of passengers travelling by sea.
Image: Niall Carson Image: Niall Carson IRISH FERRIES HAS brought a High Court challenge over a finding that it must pay compensation to thousands of passengers affected by the cancellation of sailings between Ireland and France last summer.
The NTA issued the company with two notices requiring Irish Ferries to pay compensation to impacted passengers within a period of two months. The remainder either cancelled and accepted a refund or chose to travel by landbridge through the UK, and were compensated by Irish Ferries for the fuel expended while crossing Britain.The situation Irish Ferries found itself was extraordinary, was not of its own making, and it was unable to secure another ferry to operate the planned sailings, counsel said.
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