Honeymooners lose case for damages

A newly-wed couple from Co Dublin who booked their honeymoon at a luxury Montego Bay hotel in Jamaica, were forced to move to an inferior hotel after only 48 hours, a judge has heard.

The “dream honeymoon” of Niamh Byrne and Declan Eivers, of Brookdale Way, River Valley, Swords, was further disrupted when they had to move again a day later to a third hotel, Judge Jacqueline Linnane was told in the Circuit Civil Court.

David McParland, counsel for the couple, told the court they had sued Travel Republic Ltd — through which Ms Byrne had booked their holiday online — for breach of contract.