Former Twitter executive, Gary Rooney who won a record €550,131 award for unfair dismissal at the WRC. The departure from Twitter of senior manager Dublin based manager Gary Rooney in late 2022 was “a paradigm example of direct dismissal in which he played no part,” the Labour Court was told by his legal team on Tuesday. The court was hearing an appeal by Twitter, now X, of an award of €550,131 made at the Workplace Relations Commissions to Mr Rooney for unfair dismissal. Cathy Smith SC for X, told the court Mr Rooney had not been dismissed but had rather made a decision, the consequences of which were clear. He didn’t want to work there but he wanted the money.”The WRC award was made up of Rooney’s remuneration losses of €350,131 from January 2023 to May 2024 and estimated future remuneration losses of €200,000.

Source: The Irish Times January 27, 2026 19:26 UTC