Credit union worker in court to stop dismissal

A CREDIT union office worker has secured a High Court injunction preventing her employers from dismissing her because she will reach the age of 65 next Monday.

Nuala Murtagh, Shannon Grove, Ballyleague, Roscommon, claims a decision by Lanesboro-Ballyleague Credit Union Ltd, Ballyleague, Longford, to terminate her employment on age grounds — and to replace her with someone younger — is both unlawful and in breach of the contract she entered into when she took up permanent part-time employment in 1997.

Yesterday, Ms Justice Mary Laffoy granted her order restraining the credit union (CU) from implementing the purported dismissal until the matter comes back before the court this Friday. The application was made on a one-side only (ex-parte) basis.