Dublin Airport contractor fired after telling Aer Lingus employee to ‘f**k off’, court hears

A Co Louth man has claimed in the High Court that he was fired from his job as an IT engineer contractor at Dublin Airport for telling an Aer Lingus employee to “f**k off”.

Colm Dunne, from St Laurence’s Park, Drogheda, claims his dismissal last month from his post at ESP Global Services Ltd, an IT support services firm, was “extremely harsh” and “not proportionate”.

Mr Dunne was allegedly dismissed after a disciplinary process determined his use of “inappropriate language” towards the Aer Lingus employee constituted gross misconduct.

Mr Dunne does not accept his use of the swear word “justifies a charge of or constitutes gross misconduct”. It is Mr Dunne’s case that it has never been explained how his...
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