Store workers claim unfair dismissal

ONE of the key witnesses in last December’s Ian Bailey libel trial was back on the stand yesterday to give evidence in her own case for unfair dismissal.

Marie Farrell, Schull, Co Cork, is claiming compensation for her dismissal as a shop assistant with the Bandon branch of the department chain store Heatons.

She and two co-workers, Fiona O’Connell from Bandon and Caroline Burns, Innishannon, are all claiming unfair dismissal. The hearing opened at the Employment Appeals Tribunal in Cork.