Irish Examiner View: Stretching credibility

As businesses, charities, sports, and community organisations take faltering steps towards a new reality, some, if not most, do so with trepidation. Many will have to find a version of the miracle of the loaves and fishes, as available resources may not be sufficient to meet immediate needs.

Ongoing social-distancing obligations play a part in this, but so does that bugbear, one that defies all efforts to bring it under control — insurance costs. Indeed, earlier this year, the supreme court judge Mary Irvine, chair of the Judicial Council’s personal injuries guidelines committee, warned the minister responsible not to interfere with a review of personal injury payouts. Judge Irvine asserted she would not be influenced by the cost of compensation on businesses or community and volunteer groups.