Edgescan CEO calls former worker’s supplier concerns “James Bond stuff” at WRC hearing

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The Workplace Relations Commission has heard opposing accounts of Cian Ó Laoi’s concerns about supplier DoIT’s access to Edgescan’s cloud systems. Ó Laoi says he raised supply-chain risks in a protected disclosure; CEO Eoin Keary described his claims about links to Israeli military intelligence as “James Bond stuff” and said he considered Ó Laoi an insider threat. Keary said the company found no evidence of a data breach.

Edgescan contests Ó Laoi’s claims of whistleblower penalisation and constructive dismissal. Its chief operating officer acknowledged that the company did not follow its disciplinary policy when it formally reprimanded Ó Laoi in September 2024. His barrister, Cillian McGovern, said the company withdrew the sanction on 30 October 2024 because it had not followed its own process, leaving Ó Laoi with a clean disciplinary record. The hearing of evidence has concluded, with closing legal submissions due next month.