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Employee who sent Christmas email critical of organisationâs Irish skills fails in claims (opens the original)
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A former State employee who was put on administrative leave for sending a mass email to colleagues calling the lack of ability with the Irish language in the organisation âshamefulâ has failed to make out a series of employment rights claims. Seanán à CoistÃn, who was employed via a staffing agency as a communications executive at the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), was close to the end of his final contract when he sent the email the morning before a staff Christmas party in Dec
Worker at Peter McVerry Trust who denies going to bed âtwo hours earlyâ challenges sacking (opens the original)
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A worker who accuses the Peter McVerry Trust of unfair dismissal was on a final written warning for absenteeism when bosses concluded she had âgone to bed over two hours earlyâ during her overnight shift at a homeless hostel, the charityâs solicitor has told a tribunal. Olubunmi Soledolu, a project worker at an emergency accommodation hub for families with children experiencing homelessness, was sacked in March 2025 after being disciplined for the second time in 12 months, the Workplace Re
Senior project manager wins â¬67,500 constructive dismissal award after late-pay complaint (opens the original)
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A senior project manager who said he was told he was facing a performance improvement plan (PIP) after complaining about his multinational employerâs repeated failure to pay him on time has won â¬67,500 for constructive dismissal. The PIP was an âorchestrated response with exit in mindâ to the pay complaint, a tribunal found. In a decision published on Wednesday by the Workplace Relations Commission, Robert Donovan secured a yearâs salary for loss of earnings after a finding of construc
School book salesman wins â¬60k over no-warning redundancy from job of 10 years (opens the original)
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A school book salesman abruptly left jobless when publisher MH Gill made him redundant citing the âsparseâ rural population of his sales territory in the northwest has won â¬60,000 for unfair dismissal. James Higgins was one of four staff let go by the business after the introduction of the free textbook scheme in primary schools in 2021 disrupted its market and left it â¬300,000 in the red, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) was told. Higgins had spent over a decade on the road as t
Vegetarian who almost ate sample of pâté fails in religious-discrimination claim (opens the original)
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A vegetarian who claimed misleading signage led her to pick up a sample of pâté, leaving her âsick to her stomachâ over the thought of eating meat, has failed in a claim for religious discrimination. The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has rejected an equality complaint by Vanessa Maria Corral-Fernandez against Sheridanâs Cheesemongers Ltd, the operator of a retail concession where she encountered the meat paste on June 6th, 2025. Corral-Fernandez told the WRC at an online hearing l
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