Dublin hotel said it lost €1.5m in first covid wave

Insurer should pay out on the 'balance of probabilities', the commercial court has been told

Senior counsel Martin Heyden, representing the Marlin Hotel Dublin, said there was no systematic testing during the initial wave of the virus to show covid-19 physically manifested itself at the hotel at that time.

A Dublin City hotel should be indemnified for business interruption during the pandemic if it proves covid-19 occurred at its premises in mid-March 2020 on the “balance of probabilities”, the commercial court has been told.

Senior counsel Martin Heyden, representing the Marlin Hotel Dublin, said there was no systematic testing during the initial wave of the virus to show covid-19 physically manifested itself at the hotel at that time.