Journalist awarded €47,000 by Employment Appeals Tribunal over dismissal

A journalist who claimed he was made redundant from a local radio station because of his coverage of the Corrib gas controversy in north Mayo has been awarded €47,000 compensation by the Employment Appeals Tribunal.

The EAT ruled that reporter Liamy McNally was unfairly dismissed from his job in the newsroom of Mid-West Radio, based in Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo.

The tribunal said the radio station had demonstrated a clear lack of objectivity in the manner in which the journalist was selected for compulsory redundancy.