FBD Insurance and pubs yet to resolve outstanding Covid compensation issues, court told

The judge said that he had to stop reading recent correspondence between the parties on these issues after a certain point.

The judge also noted that one of the issues that remains live in the long-running proceedings concerns subsidies paid to publicans by the Government during the pandemic. File photo: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

A High Court judge has expressed his disappointment that a further hearing is required to resolve outstanding issues between publicans and FBD Insurance over the compensation to be paid out for the disruption of business caused by Covid-19.

The remarks were made by Mr Justice Denis McDonald who was told that while some progress had been made, certain issues could not be agreed between the parties. A further hearing before the High Court was needed to resolve these issues, the court heard.