An Post sorter claims bullying campaign

A mail sorter claims she was subjected to a campaign of bullying and harassment which left her “terrified” about returning to her job in a Dublin sorting centre, the High Court has heard.

Joanne Rundle, aged 38, of Shanliss Avenue, Santry, Dublin, is suing An Post over what she claims was bullying between 2005 and 2006 at the Dublin Mails Centre (DMC) in Clondalkin, Dublin, where 850 people are employed.

She claims she was subjected to a “relentless campaign of mean and spiteful behaviour”, causing severe anxiety, which left her out of work for lengthy periods and left her “terrified” about returning to DMC.

An Post denies her claims.

She is now working with An Post in the GPO in Dublin in what she says are happy circumstances.

High Court President Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns urged the parties to consider overnight whether “a prolongation of this case” could be avoided, especially given Ms Rundle is still working for An Post. He said there were huge legal costs if cases like this roll on.