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Hotel exec ousted under 'cloak' of redundancy wins €125k
Summary
Skyline View Ltd, a subsidiary of JMK Hospitality Group, was ordered to pay former head of operations Mark Langham €125,000 for unfair dismissal. The company claimed it had reduced operational needs in Ireland after renewing a €23 million deal to rent its Holiday Inn at Dublin Airport to the State's International Protection Accommodation Services as a direct provision centre, and cited financial considerations. Langham said the real reason was a personality clash with Sonia Kajani, the founder's daughter, and that the redundancy process was a "cloak" for his removal. The tribunal found no evidence that the company was in a financial position to justify the redundancy and that the dismissal breached the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977. The award was the first six‑figure sum granted by the Workplace Relations Commission in 2025. The case remains at the unfair dismissal stage, with no further verdicts announced.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Hotel exec ousted under 'cloak' of redundancy wins €125k. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- December 2022 Other
- May 2022 Hearing Or Sentence
- June 2023 Other
- 5 July Other
- Christmas 2022 Other
- 2025-03-28 Publication
Why: A hotel group which claimed it was entitled to get rid of a senior executive because its biggest premises in Ireland had been turned into a direct provision centre has been ordered to pay him €125,000 for unfair dismissal. CNI source report
Places mentioned
- Skyline View
- Dublin
- Galway
- Cork
- Mr Harraghy's view
- Waterford City
- Dublin's O'Connell Street
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