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Irish Ferries challenges compensation order over cancelled sailings

Summary

Irish Ferries has lodged a High Court challenge against a National Transport Authority (NTA) decision that it must pay compensation to thousands of passengers whose summer sailings between Ireland and France were cancelled. The company argues the cancellations were caused by a delay of the new ferry WB Yeats, which was delivered some 200 days late by the German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft. The NTA issued two notices requiring Irish Ferries to compensate passengers who had to travel from Rosslare instead of Dublin, from Roscoff instead of Cherbourg, and those delayed in reaching their final destination. Non‑compliance could result in a fine of up to €250,000. Irish Ferries contends the notices are invalid, irrational, and breach its constitutional and EU rights, and claims the NTA misinterpreted relevant EU regulations.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Irish Ferries challenges compensation order over cancelled sailings. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

When:

• 2019-03-04 Publication

Why: The company says it had to cancel the services because a new ferry it had ordered to operate the service between Dublin and Cherbourg, the WB Yeats, was delayed for several months. CNI source report

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Stage Hearing Or Decision

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Read the original CNI report