Army captain excluded from promotion process while on maternity leave awarded €824k

A female army Captain excluded from a promotions process for the position of Commandant due to being on maternity leave has been awarded €824,794 damages by a High Court judge, reports Ann O’Loughlin. 

A female army Captain excluded from a promotions process for the position of Commandant due to being on maternity leave has been awarded €824,794 damages by a High Court judge, reports Ann O’Loughlin. 

Mr Justice Robert Eagar, who previously held Captain Diane Byrne’s exclusion was in breach of equality implementation requirements of a European Directive, this week assessed damages against the Minister for Defence and State in that sum.