A High Court judge has advised a Dublin family to 'behave sensibly' in their battle with insurance giant AXA over a claim for water damage to their home in Sandymount.
Widow Ann-Marie Glennon-Cully and her 2 adult children have been urged to accept an offer of over €644,000 to begin restitution work on their house.
Mr. Justice Peter Kelly said it would be 'nonsense to look a gift horse in the mouth' and he stressed that they can accept the offer and come back to court if it the sum is insufficient.
He has refused to grant a number of orders to the family including a request for payment of €7,500 per month for alternative living arrangements.
€159,000 already paid out
He ordered them to pay the costs of today's hearing but put a stay on that order which he will review that in May if 'common sense breaks out'.
€159,000 has already been paid out to the Glennon Cullys, who for a while found alternative accommodation in the Four Seasons Hotel in Dublin.
Mr. Justice Kelly said the family can not expect to be accommodated in the Four Seasons '' for a seemingly never ending time''.
Outside court, 24-year-old Zane Glennon-Cully told reporters they they are now residing in a one bedroom apartment costing €700 per week.
''Our claim against AXA has been valued by our experts at about €800 thousand and we anticipate succeeding at the trial of this action' he said.
