HSE hired detective to spy on worker

THE HSE has been criticised for hiring a private investigator to probe breach of confidentiality allegations against a staff member.

Information obtained from the HSE reveals how it paid a lone private investigator €9,401 to examine an “alleged breach of confidentiality” by one of its own staff.

The work carried out by the private investigator — an unnamed retired emergency service manager with the NHS in Britain — included an examination of the staff member’s phone records.