The company behind Lemon & Duke, a pub in Dublin city centre, has launched a legal action against insurer FBD. Inn on Hibernian Way Limited, trading as Lemon & Duke, has filed High Court action against its insurer. The company is backed by former and current rugby players such as Jamie Heaslip, Rob Kearney, Dave Kearney and Sean O’Brien. VintnersDonal O’Keeffe, chief executive of the Licensed Vintners Association, could not comment on the legal action in question but spoke generally about the trade’s interaction with insurers. “The trade are extremely angry, extremely frustrated and extremely disappointed by the entire insurance sector, they’re the only sector in the economy not helping businesses in trouble.”

Source: The Irish Times May 13, 2020 16:14 UTC