Mediation beats adversarial at resolving workplace disputes

Mediators are helping minimise conflict in the workplace, family farm, inter-agency, medical issues as well as marital discord

Ber Barry Murray, RoundTable Mediation, Investigation & Training, and president designate of the Mediators' Institute of Ireland. Picture: Diane Cusack

Mediation is increasingly being seen as a more productive and less costly route than the adversarial approach to resolving disputes across everything from business to marriage.

One hugely respected advocate of mediation is Ber Barry Murray, a director of RoundTable, a mediation, investigation and training consultancy with offices in Dublin and Cork.