Britain's Got Talent star awarded €12k for unfair dismissal by Cork's Circus Factory

The WRC believed that Circus Factory's involvement of gardaí at an incident during a festival appeared to have been 'calculated to cause reputational harm and personal distress' to Cormac Mohally

Cormac Mohally was the artistic director of Circus Factory CLG from January 2021 until his resignation last September. File picture: Denis Minihane

A circus collective backed by the Arts Council has been ordered to pay a former employee €12,000 in compensation for unfair dismissal following a conflict that culminated in him being led away from a festival by gardaí.

Cormac Mohally was the artistic director of Circus Factory CLG from January 2021 until his resignation last September. The performer had reached the semi-final of Britain’s Got Talent in 2017.