Courts / Clare / Report
GRA ordered to appoint female candidate to head office role
Summary
The Workplace Relations Commission ordered the Garda Representative Association to appoint Tara McManus to the assistant to the general secretary role after the association's central committee repeatedly failed to ratify her candidacy. McManus had claimed gender‑based discrimination, alleging an "old boys club" within the GRA leadership. The tribunal found that she was victimised by a committee member before the ratification process, but found no evidence of discrimination in the voting itself. The commission rejected the claim of discrimination but upheld the victimisation finding. It directed the GRA to appoint McManus within six weeks of 5 October, with the appointment to be supernumerary if no vacancy existed, and required the general secretary to assure her that no negativity would be shown to her upon appointment.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: GRA ordered to appoint female candidate to head office role. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- 13 February 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
- July 2020 Other
- October 2021 Other
- 11 November 2021 Other
- 23 November Other
- October 5th Other
- 2022-10-20 Publication
Why: She argued her client had been discriminated against by the process and victimised at the retaking of the vote when the member of the CEC remarked on his reason for voting. CNI source report
Places mentioned
Topics
Related court reports
- Tech worker couldn't meet heating bills after €150k salary went unpaid for months, WRC hears
- 'Some crimes you can't walk away from': pair high on laughing gas when they randomly attacked woman
- Former accountant went on 'nationwide tour' with bank card stolen from hospital patient
- Five years for man who killed pensioner with 'MMA' back spin kick
- Young man who killed pensioner with 'MMA' back spin kick remanded in custody
- Young man killed pensioner with 'back spin kick like MMA'
If a fact, identity, locality or legal outcome needs review, email the newsroom with this report's details prefilled.
Email a correction request