Irish Ferries must compensate thousands of passengers for cancelled trips

Many of the 20,000-plus passengers who had to change their travel plans because of the cancelled sailings of the WB Yeats Irish Ferries ship could be paid compensation. Photo: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

Irish Ferries is facing having to pay compensation to thousands of passengers whose trips were cancelled on sailings between Ireland and France in the summer of 2018 following a ruling by the Court of Justice of the EU.

The Luxembourg-based court ruled on Thursday that the EU regulations governing compensation payable to sea passengers affected by cancelled sailings applied to the Irish Ferries situation.