The Bar of Ireland
Orchard Way, Killarney V93Y9W9.
DX: 51010 Killarney
Tel: (087) 4361270
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 held that the redundancy was not genuine because the Respondent continued the same work on lower pay and failed to conduct a fair consultation or selection process, making the dismissal unfair and awarding €34,435 compensation.
The Complainant submitted that her dismissal was not a genuine redundancy but a mechanism used by the Respondent to impose inferior contractual terms. She had worked as a teacher from late August 2022 and earned €694.25 per week. She stated that the teaching work continued after her dismissal and that the Respondent had advertised new teaching roles at lower hourly rates during the redundancy process. She argued that this showed the business did not have a reduced requirement for teachers but instead
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