Ex-employee of Kerry restaurant run by Nathan McDonnell wins €78k for unfair dismissal

WRC ruled Ballyseedy Restaurants should pay compensation totalling €77,848 to its former IT manager for unfair dismissal, unpaid wages and lost earnings, after being let go from his job last January

Ballyseedy Restaurants ceased trading on February 26, 2024, after the arrest of its chief executive Nathan McDonnell following a multi-million euro seizure of crystal meth in the Port of Cork, Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, on October 16, 2023. Picture: Domnick Walsh

A Kerry company which was wound up by the High Court last weekafter its chief executive pleaded guilty to importing drugs worth €32m, has been ordered to pay a former employee almost €78,000 for breaches of employment legislation.

The Workplace Relation Commission ruled Ballyseedy Restaurants should pay compensation totalling €77,848 to its former IT manager David McCullagh for unfair dismissal, unpaid wages and lost earnings, after being let go from his job last January.