The Workplace Relations Commission awarded former Eclipse Renewables Ltd. general manager Dermot Deely €5,000 after finding he was unfairly dismissed through a redundancy process without fair procedures. Adjudication Officer Gaye Cunningham dated the decision 17 September 2026.
Deely said the redundancy was not genuine and followed his refusal of a proposed pay cut. The company said severe financial difficulties required a genuine redundancy and that the managing director absorbed his duties. The adjudicator accepted that the company faced financial challenges but found there had been no substantive discussion of alternative roles, selection matrix or right of appeal. Reinstatement and re-engagement were considered unsuitable; the award took account of Deely’s new job at a higher annual salary.