Ryanair brings legal challenge over social welfare appeal

Ryanair has gone to court in a bid to set aside a decision of an appeals commissioner in a social welfare appeal to refuse the airline permission to cross-examine certain witnesses.

The airline has taken issue with the decision of the appeals commissioner and it claims Ryanair has been refused leave to cross-examine witnesses and expert accounting witnesses in the long-running case involving a pilot Paul Clements concerning insurability.