€138k for manager sacked over loans to soccer club directors

A tribunal has ordered Allied Irish Banks to pay a sacked former senior manager €138,384 after finding he was unfairly dismissed.

In making the award to Sean McHugh of Barna, Galway, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) said his sacking by AIB was “disproportionate”.

However, it also described Mr McHugh’s dealings in the matter that got him the sack as “naive, reckless, and careless”.