Barry Flannery, founder and chief executive of Xerotech, has been awarded €420,000 after he was 'shut out' from the business shortly before it collapsed into liquidation last year. Barry Flannery, the founder and chief executive officer of the company, said he was “forced to resign” from the Co Galway manufacturing company in December 2024. Flannery said it seemed there were “unknown allegations” being discussed in the company, which were “never put to him”. Adjudication officer Breiffni O’Neill wrote he was satisfied the actions towards Flannery by the company “amount to a complete undermining of the employment relationship”. “No reasonable employee – let alone a senior company officer – could be expected to continue in employment under these circumstances,” he wrote.

Source: The Irish Times April 02, 2026 15:38 UTC