Ex-garda awarded €7k for unfair dismissal after ‘sting’

A FORMER garda who worked as a car park attendant has been awarded €7,000 for unfair dismissal after his employer mounted a sting operation.

The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) said Ted Dineen, from Shandon Street, Cork, had been unfairly dismissed because his employers, the Kenny Group (C) Limited, Kenny Group House, Carrigrohane Road, Cork, did not follow proper and fair procedures.

The Kenny Group is involved in the running of two car parks in Cork city – on the Grand Parade and on St Patrick’s Quay.