Tribunal awards wife of Breifne O’Brien €45k

The wife of rogue financier Breifne O’Brien has been awarded over €45,000 after being unfairly sacked from the Dublin taxi firm which the high-profile couple once owned.

The Employment Appeals Tribunal ruled that Blackrock Cabs — now in liquidation — wrongly dismissed Fiona Nagle as chief executive in 2010.

Ms Nagle, a mother of five from Invergarry, Silchester Rd, Glenageary, Co Dublin, is the estranged wife of the Cork-born socialite and businessman exposed in 2008 as the operator of an alleged pyramid scheme.