Flights Delayed by more than 2 hours because of Strike Action – Your Rights There is a financial compensation scheme in the EU for delayed and cancelled flights – but in the event of a strike (an extraordinary event) – that scheme doesn’t apply. BUT – all delayed passengers are entitled to free meals and […]
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Compensation
PPI Refunds in Ireland
Original Artice From 2014 – Updated in 2017 and 2019 to take account of legislation changes. The issue of mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) was very widespread in the UK and it looks like the banks also tried to make easy profits from it here in Ireland. Note: The UK Financial Conduct Authority set a […]
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Refunds and Compensation for Cancelled Flights
What rights do passengers have when a flight is cancelled because of extraordinary circumstances? Under EC Regulation No. 261/ 2004 – in the event of a flight cancellation passengers must be offered : …care and assistance free of charge while waiting for their rerouted flight– specifically, meals and refreshments in reasonable relation to the waiting […]
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Time Limit Extended on Financial Complaints
Up until last month – if anyone wanted to complain to the Financial Services Ombudsman (FSO) about the conduct of a financial institution – there was a strict 6 year time limit in place. If someone had a problem with things like Insurance , PPI or a Mortgages , if the product was sold to […]
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Card Protection Refunds – CPP
In 2014 in Ireland there was a review of Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) – which resulted in thousands of people getting premium refunds because they were mis-sold the policies. In 2015 we had another uncovering of further insurance misselling in Ireland – this time is was Card Protection Policies (CPP). It is estimated that […]
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