Foreman unfairly dismissed over one-man protest

A tribunal has ruled that a council foreman who is alleged to have threatened to turn himself into a ‘human fireball’ in a one-man protest had been unfairly dismissed.

In its ruling, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has ordered employer, Clare County Council to pay Joseph Floyd Snr of Lower Main Street, Tulla, €30,000 for the unfair dismissal.

Mr Floyd told the EAT that he wanted his old council foreman job back as he has been unable to get work since being dismissed in September 2011, but the EAT has ruled out reinstatement.