Worker who shared offensive song about Michaela McAreavey loses unfair sacking tribunal

An industrial tribunal panel described the streaming of the video in an Orange Hall of a number of men singing an offensive song about murdered Co. Tyrone woman Michaela McAreavey (pictured) last year as a "truly disgraceful event".

A healthcare worker who liked and shared a video of an offensive song about murdered Co. Tyrone woman Michaela McAreavey has had a claim that she was unfairly sacked from her job dismissed.

An industrial tribunal panel described the streaming of the video in an Orange Hall last year as a "truly disgraceful event" and ruled that the Southern Health and Social Care Trust was entitled to dismiss Rhonda Shiels from her employment.