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Patrick's legal education is robust, beginning with a BCL Law Degree from University College Cork (2012-2016), followed by an LL.M in Business Law from the same institution (2016-2017), and culminating in a Barrister-at-Law Degree from The Honorable Society of King’s Inns in Dublin (2019-2021). He has extensive experience on the South-West Circuit, handling Civil, Family, and Criminal Law cases, as well as advising the Citizen Advice Service. He has worked as an employment consultant, dealing with workplace investigations and bankruptcy procedures.
WRC dismissed a Ryanair cabin crew worker's wage deduction claim, finding the deductions were contractually justified.
The Complainant had worked as cabin crew, through an agency from August 2022 and directly for Ryanair from January 2023, until his employment ended in June 2025 after resigning. He had claimed approximately €2,300 - €2,360 under the Payment of Wages Act 1991. This comprised wages for five days allegedly worked but unpaid in May 2025, reimbursement of an unlawful €1,058.44 deduction, correction of an annual-leave clawback and correction of a sick-pay deduction. He had argued that annual leave should have been recouped at €30.84 rather than €71.36 and that sick-pay deductions should have been limited to one day under the Sick
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