Five Irish Ferries passengers who believed they would die during storm settle claims

Court heard every time the ship was hit and rolled by huge waves during Storm Imogen in February 2016, the traumatised passengers believed the next one would be fatal

Passengers have settled claims totalling €300,000 against the ferry line for undisclosed sums. File picture: Niall Carson / PA.

Five passengers of the Irish Ferries vessel MV Epsilon, who believed they were going to die at sea during Storm Imogen, one of the worst in decades, have settled claims totalling €300,000 against the ferry line for undisclosed sums.

Barrister Eamon Marray told the Circuit Civil Court on Wednesday that every time the ship was hit and rolled by huge waves, the traumatised passengers believed the next one would be fatal.