Tara O’Flaherty loses disability harassment claim at WRC

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Tara O’Flaherty’s disability harassment claim against her former employer was rejected by the Workplace Relations Commission, reported on 6 October 2025. The complaint concerned allegations that a colleague mocked her arthritic hands; the colleague denied the allegations.

Adjudicator Louise Boyle found that O’Flaherty had not established an inference of discrimination that would shift the burden of proof to the employer. She concluded that the claim was not well founded and that there had been no disability discrimination, harassment or failure to provide reasonable accommodation.