The Bar of Ireland
Orchard Way, Killarney V93Y9W9.
DX: 51010 KillarneyÂ
Tel: (087) 4361270
Patrick's legal education is robust, beginning with a BCL Law Degree from University College Cork (2012-2016), followed by an LL.M in Business Law from the same institution (2016-2017), and culminating in a Barrister-at-Law Degree from The Honorable Society of King’s Inns in Dublin (2019-2021). He has extensive experience on the South-West Circuit, handling Civil, Family, and Criminal Law cases, as well as advising the Citizen Advice Service.  He has worked as an employment consultant, dealing with workplace investigations and bankruptcy procedures.
WRC found the dismissal fair, holding that although the case arose from an alleged GDPR breach, the employee was dismissed because she repeatedly failed to attend and engage with the disciplinary process despite clear warnings and multiple opportunities to do so.Â
The Complainant claimed that she had been unfairly dismissed after reporting what she believed was a GDPR breach to her employer and copying her SIPTU representative on the email. She had worked for the Respondent from January 2018 and was dismissed in December 2023. She accepted that she had sent documents containing colleagues’ personal information to her union representative, but said she had done so because she panicked, wanted a witness, and believed she was properly reporting
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