NCT centre worker sues for unfair dismissal

A man who claims he was unfairly dismissed from a Cork NCT centre said he suffered a nervous breakdown as a result of working there.

Richard Hoban, of Norwood Park, Cobh, Co Cork, claimed staff and test inspectors were encouraged to “bring in cars” to fill test slots and quotas and the cars would inevitably pass.

An Employment Appeals Tribunal heard Mr Hoban, who began working at the centre in 2006, was out of work for six to seven months after he suffered a nervous breakdown in 2008.