Ex Revenue worker loses unfair dismissal action after being caught 'red handed' selling contraband cigarettes

The man was sacked for gross misconduct in July 2018 after Revenue found that his actions breached Revenue’s Code of Ethics.

The Revenue Commissioners fired a member of one of its own audit teams for gross misconduct after he was caught "red-handed" selling contraband cigarettes for cash.

In a ‘sting’ operation in 2018, the Special Compliance Branch at Revenue responded to an advert on Facebook offering cigarettes for sale.