AIB whistle-blower takes unfair dismissal case

AN AIB whistle-blower was sacked shortly after he had highlighted irregularities in the bank’s internal accounting system, an Employment Appeals Tribunal heard yesterday.

Former AIB employee Brian Purcell, who worked in the bank’s capital markets division, is taking an unfair dismissal case against AIB.

Mr Purcell, 38, a father -of-two from Skerries, Co Dublin, claims the bank fired him at the first opportunity after he had raised concerns about AIB’s accounting procedures in February 2008 through a confidential reporting mechanism.