€40k for ‘ambushed’ ex-creche manager

A Cork-based creche manager who was “ambushed” by her superiors with a series of complaints by co-workers has been awarded €40,000 by the Employment Appeals Tribunal.

It found Carmel Hayes, the manager of a creche in Douglas was constructively dismissed as a result of the action of her employers.

The tribunal ordered the creche owner, Cogan Bel Childcare, which runs a creche on Calederwood Road, Donnybrook, Douglas to pay Ms Hayes a sum of €40,000 compensation.