Industry and Employment Correspondent
The Labour Court has halted the hearing of a case taken by a former RTÉ employee about being forced to retire at 65 due to inappropriate comments made by a member of the court yesterday.
The unusual move occurred in the case of Anne Roper versus RTÉ, on what was to be the fifth day of the hearing, and will impose a significant additional costs burden on the parties faced with another rehearing of the case.
Yesterday, a member of the division, Arthur Hall, said that questioning by RTÉ s counsel Marguerite Bolger SC was ageist and sexist .