Hotel told to pay fired restaurant manager €4,900

The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that the decision by a four-star hotel to sack its restaurant manager over removing a surveillance camera was “grossly unfair”.

The EAT told Ballykisteen Hotel Ltd to pay Thomas O’Halloran €4,900 — it would have been higher but for Mr O’Halloran securing new employment six weeks after his sacking.

The EAT said the evidence before it was “indicative of no wrongdoing whatsoever” on Mr O’Halloran’s part and he