Man challenges insurer’s refusal to pay for €49k car

A man is challenging an insurance company’s refusal to pay out or replace a BMW X5 worth €49,000 which he said was burnt out by vandals a few months after he bought it.

Self-employed lorry driver Shane McDonagh claimed in the High Court that the fire was started maliciously after he left the 4x4 parked at the entrance to a field when it broke down in a rural area of north Dublin.

He said Axa Insurance wrongly declined his claim over the fire on the Naul Road on Nov 27, 2008.