‘Gerry Ryan’ truck driver apologises to former bosses

A truck driver who lost his job after pulling in on a motorway to take a call from The Gerry Ryan Show has apologised to his former employers for any “problems” he caused them.

Noel Cawley, 39, of Thomastown in Co Kilkenny has taken a case for unfair dismissal against transport company Target Express following his dismissal in January of 2010.

The company — which has depots across Ireland and Britain — fired him for illegally pulling his truck into the hard shoulder of the M7 motorway, doing a U-turn on a lesser road after missing his motorway exit and delaying his delivery by up to 24 minutes.