Pilots' union to pay Ryanair injunction costs over High Court dispute 

The judge said the parties had done well to settle the case which 'I would have relished actually hearing' because of the legal issues involved and the factual disputes that were going to have to be ventilated in court

The case centred on a claim by Ryanair that it suffered millions in lost bookings and from the impact on fares arising from the planned industrial action, which did not go ahead after the airline obtained an injunction.

A High Court dispute between Ryanair and the trade union Fórsa over a threatened pilots' strike in August 2019 has been formally settled with an agreement that the union will pay the airline's costs up to October 2019.

Under the terms of the settlement handed in to Mr Justice Brian O'Moore, the union will pay the airline's costs up to October 2019 mainly relating to proceedings over an injunction Ryanair obtained stopping the 48-hour strike over pay and conditions. Each party will bear their own costs after that date.