The Rise and (Pit) Falls of Redundancies
Published on: 22/05/2023
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Ailbhe Dennehy Partner, Matheson
Ailbhe Dennehy Partner, Matheson
Ailbhe dennehy

Ailbhe advises domestic and international clients on a variety of employment law and industrial relations issues.  She specialises in guiding employers through crisis and change management situations, from conduct of disciplinary and grievance processes and investigations of bullying / harassment or whistleblowing allegations, to complex terminations of employment.
Ailbhe joins Matheson with extensive experience in providing strategic and practical advice on corporate transactions and restructurings, regularly acting for clients before the WRC, the Labour Court and the civil courts.


A frequent lecturer on current employment law issues and contributor to employment law publications, she is a member of the Employment Law Association of Ireland (ELAI), the Employment Committee of the Dublin Solicitor Bar Association (DSBA), the European Employment Lawyer’s Association (EELA) and the UK Employment Lawyers Association (ELA).

Prior to joining Matheson, Ailbhe was a Senior Associate in A&L Goodbody's specialist Employment Practice Group in Dublin, Ireland. 

Redundancies are not a new phenomenon for employers in Ireland, but there has been a notable increase in recent months, particularly in the tech sector, that has dominated media headlines. As an industry that has proven itself to be one which tests the boundaries of traditionally accepted processes, we have lately seen a number of tech companies challenge the traditional consultation process that ordinarily goes hand in hand with affording employees fair procedures in a redundancy scenario. To what extent is there scope to, somewhat, "pivot" away from the established process when conducting redundancies in today's market?

Ailbhe Dennehy, partner, Denise Moran, senior associate and Darren O'Reilly, solicitor, consider current "on the ground" trends and key redundancy

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