Taxpayer stumps up €444,000 claims against travel agent

Platinum Travel went out of business last December

The tax-payer is on the hook for claims totalling €444,412 from customers of Platinum Travel, which went out of business in December.

The taxpayer is on the hook for claims totalling €444,412 from customers of the collapsed travel agency Platinum Travel.

The Dublin-based travel agency went out of business on December 19 last and the annual report from the Irish Aviation Authority’s Travellers’ Protection Fund, Travel Agents’ and Tour Operators Bond shows that the Platinum Travel Ltd bond covered only €47,143 of claims made in 2024.