Foley's challenge to WRC's Clerys probe fails

Judge refuses to order inspectors to return material seized from D2 offices

Deirdre Foley

Businesswoman Deirdre Foley has losta High Court action challenging a criminal investigation into the redundancies of workers at Clerys department store last year.

Foley alleged inspectors from the Workplace Relations Commission overstepped their powers by seizing a laptop and documents from her real estate firm D2 private on May 19 last.

Her lawyers argued before the court that D2 never held the records of Clerys workers and that WRC officials had no right ...