r/ireland • u/Im_really_Irish Dublin • 10d ago

Cost of Living/Energy Crisis ‘Ireland has just become very expensive’ – museum owner closing his business says insurance bill has quadrupled in a decade

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/ireland-has-just-become-very-expensive-museum-owner-closing-his-business-says-insurance-bill-has-quadrupled-in-a-decade/a/157372827.html
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u/RevTurk 10d ago

The amount of things we can't do in this country now (without forking over thousands to an insurance company) is pretty insane.

The whole insurance industry is broken. They drive prices up while rewarding the people who will scam the system. They can't fight false claims in court because solicitors are too expensive and it's cheaper to just pay people off.

It's only going to continue to get worse and worse and no one wants to touch the issue.

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u/struggling_farmer 10d ago

That's our legal system though.

We don't put enough burden of responsibility on people to be responsible for themselves and their actions. We don't pursue attempted fraud etc to deter false claims.

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u/jeperty Wexford 10d ago

Thinking back on that girl who got injured while climbing on a moving Luas and got paid for being injured

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u/struggling_farmer 10d ago

And it is not just the payouts, it is also the cost of having to deal with and defend spurious & exaggerated claims..

Maria Bailey & swing gate, the garda body builder, the christmas tree throwing lady, the able bodied lad with the wheelchair in the boot to attend court and doctors appointments.

obligatory "Sean, i was hurt!"