‘No basis to sexual harassment claim’

FORMER Bohemians manager Sean Connor told the High Court yesterday there was no basis to a sexual harassment allegation that was among the reasons he lost his job at the football club.

Mr Connor, who is seeking High Court damages for unfair dismissal, said the allegation that he had made “advances of a sexual nature” to a woman who was engaged in voluntary work at the club was without foundation and had made his personal life very difficult. It had also made it difficult to get another job since his dismissal in December of last year, he said.

He was giving evidence at the opening day of his action for damages against the club in which he claims he was wrongfully dismissed and not afforded proper procedures. He is also seeking a declaration that the decision to terminate his €100,000-a-season contract was null and void.