Ad executive gets €51k for unfair firing

The Galway Advertiser has been ordered to pay €51,000 to a former advertising executive after the Employment Appeals Tribunal found that he was unfairly dismissed.

The man, who had been employed by the weekly free newspaper for three years, was let go after one of the company’s employees complained that he had emailed confidential information about a particular advertisement to another advertiser.

The complaint was referred to the managing director and the man’s line manager, a sales manager, was asked to carry out the investigation. The employee was suspended pending the outcome of that investigation.