Henchy in €8m action against Dairygold

The employment of former Dairygold CEO Jerry Henchy was wrongfully terminated for “spurious” reasons unrelated to how he did his job, after an orchestrated campaign involving Dairygold chairman Vincent Buckley and others, it has been claimed.

The “last place on Earth” Mr Henchy would get a fair hearing was from the board of Dairygold, many of whose members were objectively or, in the case of Mr Buckley and Bertie O’Leary, subjectively biased against him, his counsel Patrick Hanratty said.

Mr Henchy is claiming €8m damages in his High Court action, including for alleged defamation, and contends what happened to him involved “a travesty of fair procedures” which “gratuitously destroyed” his reputation and left him unemployable.