Patrolman sues An Post over tiger kidnapping

A security man with An Post has sued for an alleged failure by the company to have a safe system of work in place arising out of a tiger kidnapping of a colleague’s family in 2011.

The action, seeking damages for personal injury, has been brought by Jimmy Bishop, aged 55, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin, who works in the GPO in Dublin City Centre as a ‘patrolman’.

The case arises out of the ‘tiger kidnapping’ of the family of Liam O’Sullivan, an executive with An Post, on April 7, 2011. That morning, Mr O’Sullivan presented at the GPO and instructed Mr Bishop to let him into the mail room area. It transpired Mr O’Sullivan wanted access to the mail room so he could secure cash from an office located off the mail room to give to kidnappers who were holding members of Mr O’Sullivan’s family.