Court hears claims Minister 'lashed out summonses' over Clerys redundancies

The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection simply "lashed out summonses" when bringing prosecutions over redundancies at the former Clerys department store in Dublin, the High Court has heard.

There was a failure to apply the necessary criteria for bringing what was a criminal prosecution against parties which had been involved in the ownership of the now closed store, Remy Farrell SC said.