Northern Ireland

Twitter senior executive based in Ireland secure temporary High Court injunction

Sinead McSweeney, Twitter's global vice-president for public policy
Sinead McSweeney, Twitter's global vice-president for public policy

A TWITTER senior executive based in Ireland has secured a temporary High Court injunction preventing the social networking giant from terminating her employment.

Sinead McSweeney, a former head of communications at the PSNI, says she has been treated as if she is no longer employed by Twitter after she did not respond to a 'generic and vague' e-mail sent to all employees by owner Elon Musk.

RTÉ last night reported that Ms McSweeney, the company's global vice-president for public policy, also said that while the company informed her she had accepted an exit package, she says she did not resign.

Mr Justice Brian O'Moore yesterday granted Ms McSweeney an interim injunction preventing Twitter International Unlimited Company from terminating her contract of employment.