Dunnes manager fired over sideline

A store department manager with Dunnes Stores lost her job after setting up a sideline enterprise selling goods to Dunnes staff from a local cash and carry.

An Employment Appeals Tribunal heard Eleanor Preston admitted doctoring a letter from a community organisation group involved in ‘bag-packs’ at Dunnes in order to open a cash and carry account.

The supermarket giant sacked Ms Preston, who had worked for Dunnes for 10 years, for gross misconduct after finding out about her private enterprise.