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Welcome To The HR Desk

Creating a Culture of High Performance

Our mission is to help you focus on your strategic objectives while we manage your Human Resources and Health & Safety Matters.

We do this through in depth consultations, custom business audits, bespoke in-person training and fully online, CPD approved, courses.




About HR Desk

Cyril Keegan CEO HR Desk

About Us

Having great HR in the workplace is essential to help your business grow, and when HR issues do arise you need to take action to resolve them quickly and effectively. This is where Cyril Keegan from HR Desk comes in.

Cyril, a HR and Health & Safety Professional with 22 years’ experience provides businesses with the expert support they need to resolve issues and make sure that they’re getting the most out of their people. Owners and managers of SMEs often don’t have the time or resources to spend on issues that distract them from growing their business, the practical straightforward advice they get from HR Desk is therefore something they can really act upon.

Our Services are affordable and come at a fraction of the price of having a dedicated and costly in-house HR Department within your organisation. We are here to support you through whatever HR issues that you face and through our expert advice, in-depth consultations, custom business audits, bespoke in-person training and fully online, CPD approved courses.

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Client Testimonials

Wilton Waste Recycling worked very closely with HR Desk and Cyril Keegan during a twelve month period where they served as Health & Safety Consultants. The company offers high quality service and we can say we have always been satisfied with their assistance in both HR and health & Safety advice. We were highly impressed by the knowledge HR Desk brought to our business which were both practical and implementable.

Marcel Haynes, Wilton Recycling

I can highly recommend Cyril for the service he has provided. His comprehensive work assisted us in getting Health and Safety approval on the largest cleaning job we have ever undertaken. As a HSE project for Cavan General Hospital it was high profile and therefore it attracted a great deal of attention. Cyrils document was so comprehensive it was accepted without amendment by the HSE and we went on to complete the job successfully.

Emmet Fidgeon, ACE Cleaning

Dealing with HR issues on a day to day basis is very time consuming and if not handled correctly could be very expensive. We felt we needed the help and knowledge HR Desk provided. Cyril is an experienced HR professional who brings a sense of integrity and professionalism when dealing with the HR aspects of our business. I would highly recommend his services.

Ruth King, Silo Clean

The feedback from the candidates on the courses that Cyril provided was extremely positive and has resulted in improved company performance in many areas. Cyril has provided this company with an excellent service and our investment in training has certainly paid off. I therefore highly recommend Cyril for HR training for any company who wishes to see an improvement in their companies performance from a HR perspective.

Darragh Eliott, Elliott Building & Civil Engineering

The company has received very positive feedback from the training sessions and a number of individuals have commented on Cyril's delivery style as very personable and effective. Further to this Cyril's knowledge of the area of HR is exceptional and his experience really adds to the training sessions he delivers. We are extremely happy with the training Cyril has delivered and expect to avail of more training in HR related areas in the future.

Stephen Lyons, GEM Group

Online Training Courses

Online Training Courses

A wide range of staff training and development courses are available from HR Desk, including but not limited to, the following topics. Working From Home (Lone Working) Managing Conflict, HR Strategy Management, Effective Team Management, Disciplinary and Grievance, Appraisal Training for Appraisers, Dealing With Workplace Bullying, Conflict Resolution, Communicating with Employees, Conducting an Investigation, Harassment, Induction, Interviewing, Misconduct Presentation and many more.


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Right to request remote work brought into operation

The Government has brought the right to request remote working into operation.

The entitlements within are part of the Work Life Balance Act which was enacted in April 2023. The right to request flexible working arrangements for parents and carers has also commenced.

A code of practice for employers and employers, drawn up by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), has been approved and published.

Employers and employees are obliged to have regard to the code of practice when considering applications for remote working arrangements. Employers must also have regard to the code if terminating a flexible working arrangement.

Employees will be able to refer a dispute to the WRC where an employer fails to fulfil their obligations under the Act and the code will be admissible in evidence in proceedings before a court, the Labour Court or the WRC. The code of practice was developed by the WRC, in consultation with trade unions and employer representative bodies.

"I am pleased to announce that the right to request remote working arrangements is now available to all employees," said Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney. "Remote working became a new norm for many employers and employees in the wake of Covid-19 and it is clear it is here to stay." "This Government committed to facilitating and supporting remote working, to reduce our time commuting and to enable families to spend more time together," he added.

Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O'Gorman welcomed the commencement of the provisions on the right to request flexible working.

"Under this Act alone employees can now avail of breastfeeding breaks for two years, five days leave for medical care purposes, as well as five days domestic violence leave which is a hugely significant development for those who are experiencing domestic violence," Mr O'Gorman said.

"The commencement today of the right to flexible working for parents and carers also marks the final step in the transposition of the EU Work Life Balance Directive." In November 2023, the European Commission warned that Ireland was facing a fine for failing to fully transpose the directive. Audrey Cahill, Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission said the code of practice reflects what is set down in the legislation and provides guidance for employees in applying for flexible or remote working and for employers in responding to those requests.

"I wish to acknowledge the assistance of ICTU and Ibec for their collaboration during the process, to ensure that the extensive stakeholder information was factored into the Code to produce the comprehensive final version that we believe will support all those to whom it is relevant," Ms Cahill said. Director of CIPD in Ireland, Mary Connaughton, welcomed the publication of the Code of Practice.

She said it will be a useful aid to employees and employers in the effective roll out of a flexible and remote working environment. In particular she said the organisation welcomes the clarification of the application process for both flexible and remote working and what an employee needs to supply and how an employer should respond.

She also said clarity about the expectation that employers will be objective, fair and reasonable in responding to requests, while also recognising the employer's need to take account of business realities, was also useful.

The code is available on the WRC’s website.

For more on this or any other Human Resources or Health & Safety issues you require assistance on please do not hesitate to contact the HR Desk.


Kind regards, 

Cyril Keegan 

Manging Director HR Desk


Mobile: 086 737 1221 

Office: 049 43 55969 

Email: ckeegan@hrdesk.ie