€32k for social worker who was unfairly dismissed

A tribunal has awarded €32,195 to a social worker after finding he was unfairly dismissed arising from an incident involving a boy with autism at a care home.

Philip Doyle was sacked by the Three Steps organisation arising from the incident involving the 12-year-old at one of the group’s residential homes in April 2014.

Three Steps sacked Mr Doyle after concluding he used “unnecessary and excessive force and unauthorised physical restraints”.