I was alienated after making NCT claims

An administrator who was sacked from his position at the country’s busiest NCT centre had claimed inspectors were carrying out tests on their friends’ vehicles a month before the company commenced disciplinary proceedings against him.

The Employment Appeals Tribunal yesterday heard the contents of an email sent by Richard Hoban of Norwood Park, Cobh, Co Cork, to his superiors in July 2012 in which he made the allegations.

Mr Hoban, who has brought an unfair dismissal case against Applus Car Testing Services Ltd, alleged he was being “ignored and alienated” by his co-workers at the Little Island NCT centre after he highlighted procedural issues.