WRC ordered Bohemians to pay former coach David Henderson €26,000 for unfair dismissal

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The Workplace Relations Commission found The Bohemian Football Club CLG breached the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 when it dismissed David Henderson by telephone on November 30th, 2024. It ordered the club to pay him €26,000, the maximum compensation available to the adjudicator.

The adjudicator said the club had produced no documentary evidence to support its claim that its finances justified removing Henderson’s recruitment role. The club president also admitted that the historic letter of complaint referred to when Henderson was dismissed had never existed. The adjudicator described the allegations as fabricated and concluded that the dismissal was a sham redundancy carried out in a ruthless and dishonest manner.

An RTÉ review updated on January 5th, 2026 recounted the July ruling and its €26,000 award. The supplied material reports no later procedural outcome for Henderson.