Council worker wins case to have college fees paid by employer

THE State may have to financially help public servants to do night courses which have no relevance to their work, following a ruling involving an employee of Limerick County Council.

A Rights Commissioner has recommended the council give a technician €2,500 to help pay for his studies of history, politics and sociology. The money is to help with fees for the degree courses he is doing at night in the University of Limerick (UL).

This sum will be in addition to €1,000 the council already agreed to give the technician.