Challenge to coursing club dismissal

An accountant with a national sporting body was dismissed because of alleged “misappropriation of funds” and “falsification of accounts,” the Employment Appeals Tribunal has been told.

Edmund O’Brien, of Newmarket, Co Cork, has taken a case against the Irish Coursing Club in relation to his dismissal in Jan 2010.

Mr O’Brien is disputing the entire “form and substance” of his dismissal, his solicitor Frank Lynam said after a legal submission from the Irish Coursing Club, which wants the appeal to be dismissed on the basis that it was lodged beyond the six-month time limit for such cases.