Gary Rooney
Gary Rooney is a former senior executive at Twitter International Unlimited Company, who was awarded €550,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission for unfair dismissal after refusing to accept new working conditions imposed by Elon Musk. Rooney had been with the company for over nine years before his termination in December 2022, shortly after Musk's acquisition of Twitter.
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Gary Rooney was awarded a significant sum by the Workplace Relations Commission after his departure from Twitter.
How tech workers earning €150,000 are changing the Dublin housing market – The Irish Times
Ireland· 2025-08-22
Gary Rooney was awarded €550,131 by the Workplace Relations Commission after his departure from Twitter.
Technology workers have an outsize economic influence in Ireland – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-08-22Gary Rooney did not accept the severance offer and was subsequently held to have resigned.
Senior X executive concedes 48-hour window for Twitter staff to decide future was ‘not ideal’ – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-07-30
Gary Rooney claims he was unfairly dismissed from Twitter and is seeking compensation for his losses.
Twitter challenges €500,000 WRC award to former Dublin-based manager over ‘enhanced opportunity’ to depart job – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-07-29
Gary Rooney is the former director who was unfairly dismissed and is seeking to affirm the WRC's decision in the Labour Court.
Labour Court to hear Musk’s X appeal against WRC ruling – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-06-18
Gary Rooney has been made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to business and philanthropy.
King’s Birthday Honours 2025: Brendan Lindsay knighted for business and philanthropy contributions
New Zealand· 2025-06-01
Gary Rooney won the sum on foot of an Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 claim against Twitter International Unlimited Company after he lost his job as a senior executive.
X to appeal €550,000 awarded at WRC to Irish executive – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-02-24