{
  "id": 9564888,
  "title": "Political party staffer fails in redundancy payment bid",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/political-party-staffer-fails-in-redundancy-payment-bid",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-24T13:09:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0924/1592823-political-party-employee-case-at-wrc/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A political party employee has failed to secure statutory redundancy for 43 years' \"long and distinguished\" service after taking early retirement following the last general election.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}