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Hotel exec denies job was no longer required after Holiday Inn turned into direct provision centre

Summary

Mark Langham, a former senior executive earning €160,000 a year at Skyline View Ltd, a subsidiary of JMK Hospitality Group, has filed a complaint under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 claiming he was made redundant as head of operations in Ireland in June 2023. Langham alleges the redundancy was due to a "personality clash" with Sonia Kajani, the daughter of the parent firm's founder. The WRC was told that the Holiday Inn at Dublin Airport, one of JMK's four Irish hotels, had been contracted to the State's International Protection Accommodation Services as a direct provision centre for asylum seekers, a contract worth €20‑23 million a year.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Hotel exec denies job was no longer required after Holiday Inn turned into direct provision centre. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

When:

• June 2023 Other
• May 2022 Other
• December 2022 Other
• Christmas 2022 Other
• 2025-02-12 Publication

Why: A senior executive ousted from his €160,000-a-year job at a hospitality group has rejected the suggestion that his job was no longer needed because its largest Irish hotel had been turned into a direct provision centre. CNI source report

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Read the original CNI report