Irvine told to pay costs of €300,000 for unfair dismissal

EX-motor racing star Eddie Irvine has been directed to pay one of his former best friends over €300,000 after a falling out, between the pair, over the running of one of Dublin’s trendiest bars.

Irvine’s company is to appeal the Employment Appeal Tribunal’s judgment, one of the highest-ever individual awards for an unfair dismissal.

The ruling saw Irvine, 41, come out the loser in a bitter feud with his ex-pal, John Foley, over their investment in the popular Cocoon Bar in Dublin’s Royal Hibernian Way.