‘Summarily sacked’ manager awarded €155,000 in unfair dismissal ruling

A senior manager who was “summarily sacked” in a phone call from his bosses in California and “considerably distressed” by allegations of fraudulent conduct, has been awarded €155,000 for unfair dismissal.

Judge Jacqueline Linnane, yesterday told a tearful Colm Nagle in the Circuit Civil Court that he had in no way contributed to his dismissal by Data Exchange Europe Limited, Clonshaugh, Dublin. She said his former employers had compounded their mistake by taking civil proceedings in which they had made serious claims of deceit against Mr Nagle, a father of two from Hampton Cove, Balbriggan, Co Dublin.

“I have no hesitation in dismissing that claim and awarding him €155,744 compensation for unfair dismissal,” she told Padraic Lyons, counsel for Mr Nagle.