AIB boss rejects bullying rulings

A senior manager with AIB has told the High Court he does not accept he bullied anyone, despite an internal investigation that upheld 11 complaints of bullying against him.

John Heapes, AIB’s head of commercial banking with AIB Galway, denied bullying Sean McHugh, who was employed as a senior manager at the bank’s business centre in Galway.

Mr McHugh, aged 54, of Ballard, Barna, Co Galway has sued AIB for damages arising out of his alleged treatment by his superior. He claims the bullying occurred in late 2010 and during 2011.