Waterford Castle hotel owner ordered to pay sister €21,843 for unfair dismissal 

Bernadette Walsh had returned from $100,000 job in Bahamas to manage brother's resort business for minimum wage

Waterford Castle Hotel and Golf Club has been ordered by the Workplace Relations Commission to pay Bernadette Walsh compensation for five workplace breaches.

A Waterford businessman’s hotel firm has been ordered to pay the hotelier’s sister the maximum compensation allowed, of €21,843, for her ‘cruel’ unfair dismissal.

At the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) adjudicator Patsy Doyle has ordered the Seamus Walsh-owned Waterford Castle Hotel and Golf Club Limited to pay Bernadette Walsh a total of €23,808 for five workplace breaches including unfair dismissal.