Martin Connolly awarded €16,667 for unfair dismissal

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Martin Connolly won an unfair dismissal claim at the Workplace Relations Commission, which ruled on 3 April 2025 that Dundalk Town FC had unfairly dismissed him.

The WRC ordered the club to pay €16,667 compensation for financial loss. Connolly had worked as its chief operations officer.

The adjudicator found that the club had not established substantial grounds for ending his employment and that no conduct by Connolly warranted the dismissal.

Connolly’s employment ended on 22 May 2024. He began a factory job in September 2024 at a lower salary than his former role.

The award reflected financial loss, including the adjudicator’s finding that Connolly had not shown reasonable efforts to mitigate losses from June to August 2024.