Leisure businesses including petting zoos thrown insurance lifeline

Jane Brady has launched secure affordable insurance cover that will provide a ‘crucial safety net’ to protect firms operating in the €4 billion experience economy. Picture: Kenneth O’Halloran/PA

Leisure businesses across Ireland — including mobile saunas, petting zoos and glamping sites — have been thrown a lifeline to keep their enterprises going through more affordable insurance.

Lack of insurance or unaffordable cover has led to hundreds of firms in the leisure sector closing permanently in recent years.