Woman seeks court permission to sue over holiday fall

A woman who claims she fell on an allegedly wet hotel dining room floor while on holiday in Spain has been given permission by the High Court to serve short notice of intended legal proceedings on the liquidators of the Usit travel agency.

Mary Larkin (68), Rathjarney, Piercetown, Drinagh, Co Wexford, wants to sue USIT Ireland Ltd, in liquidation, formerly trading as COGO Travel.