Man submitted ‘fictitious’ expenses, tribunal hears

A former accountant with the Irish Coursing Club submitted “fictitious” mileage expenses worth €3,800 a year after striking an agreement with his former boss and the club’s former auditors, a tribunal has heard.

Edmund O’Brien, aged 50, of Newmarket, Co Cork, has taken an action for unfair dismissal against the Irish Coursing Club and its associated companies, including the Irish Sporting Press which publishes a weekly newspaper on greyhound racing and coursing.

He was dismissed in Jan 2010 for alleged falsification of accounts and misappropriation of funds.