Documents show NIE could have paid Storm Éowyn compensation bill five times over – but Sinn Fein accepted it not paying a penny
Caoimhe Archibald suggested it would be financially problematic for NIE to compensate those worst hit – but it can now be revealed that NIE could easily have paid even the most generous compensation considered
The electricity company which Sinn Fein said couldn't be asked to compensate those who suffered in Storm Éowyn was so profitable that it could have paid the most expensive compensation considered five times over — and still been in profit.
Stormont documents obtained by the Belfast Telegraph demolish the argument Sinn Fein accepted — that NIE Networks would somehow have struggled financially if it had to pay compensation.
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