"'If you send an injunction to take down material, you shine a spotlight on it'"
"A senior manager at Aer Lingus has told a tribunal she feared that a pilot-turned-whistleblower would enjoy the "Streisand effect" if an injunction was sought to stop him posting online about his dispute with the airline."
"Company secretary Méadbh Gallagher was giving evidence as the airline opened its defence of whistleblower penalisation and unfair dismissal against Aer Lingus Ltd by sacked airline captain Tom O'Riordan before the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) this week."
Aer Lingus feared that seeking an injunction to prevent a pilot-turned-whistleblower from posting online about his dispute would draw increased attention to the material and create a Streisand effect. Company secretary Méadbh Gallagher raised that concern while the airline opened its defence against claims of whistleblower penalisation and unfair dismissal brought by sacked captain Tom O'Riordan. The case is before the Workplace Relations Commission. The defence involves examining the airline's response to the dispute and the potential reputational and legal consequences of attempting to suppress online postings.
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