2022-11-03
Drunk driver who left cyclists with life-changing injuries wins unfair dismissal claim
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: In a decision published this morning, the employment tribunal rejected the rail operator's argument that Flynn's employment contract had been "frustrated" and consequently terminated by his imprisonment Flynn had been sentenced to four years in prison in October 2019 for dangerous driving causing serious injury, with the final 30 months suspended. In his decision, adjudicating officer Brian Dolan wrote that Irish Rail knew Flynn had been jailed four months before deeming his employment to be frustrated, and then went on to give him a notice period from the date of termination.