To understand the latest twist in the ongoing legal battle between the Irish-owned insurer FBD and Ireland’s army of publicans, you need to look to a hotel in the city of New Orleans in the southern US state of Louisiana. In the autumn of 2005, a New Orleans hotel owned by the Orient Express Hotel Group was damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. It closed for September and October, re-opening on November 1. The surrounding area of New Orleans was also devastated by the hurricanes and was effectively shut down until the beginning of October. The hotel had an insurance…

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