'Opportunistic and punitive' - How an older person's charity left a staff member out in the cold

For 10 months, a member of staff at Active Retirement Ireland was put through a highly questionable disciplinary process that ended with her dismissal

Pictured at The Podcast Studios to mark Active Retirement Ireland’s launch of ‘The Old Country’ audio series on community radio stations in Ireland were Cllr. Peter Kavanagh, Mayor of South Dublin, Teresa Quinn, volunteer and presenter with CRAOL Community Radio, Pat Quinn of CRAOL Community Radio Ireland and Maureen Kavanagh, CEO of Active Retirement Ireland.

ON January 20, 2020, Siobhan Hopkins was called into the office of her boss, the CEO of Active Retirement Ireland (ARI), Maureen Kavanagh.

Ms Hopkins was told she was being suspended from her position as membership support officer with ARI. She was not told why.