Cork Life Centre staff claim union has made defamatory statements about their work

Dispute between centre and the Unite arose when an issue over a clause in a contract was elevated to a grievance by six staff members affiliated to the union

Don O'Leary, director of Cork Life Centre.

A trade union which lobbied Government ministers and TDs to intervene in a dispute with a well-known Cork education centre has been fined for failing to register the lobbying. 

The dispute between Unite the Union and the Cork Life Centre has resulted in staff at the centre issuing a letter saying their interests were misrepresented by the union, which they say has been making “false and defamatory statements regarding out work and our management team".