Credit union chief in dismissal payout cut

A Co Meath credit union dismissed its head of lending after examining a number of loans he made, including an excessively large car loan made to a person on social welfare.

In the case, the Labour Court has halved the €25,500 awarded to Patrick Leneghan at the Workplace Relation Commission (WRC) to €12,750 for his unfair dismissal by St Colmcille’s Kells Credit Union. The credit union accepted that it didn’t follow fair procedure in dismissing the head of lending and business development and was appealing only the amount of the award made by the WRC to the Labour Court.