Garden centre manager sacked after telling boss to 'f**k off' gets €6.3k for unfair dismissal

Garden centre manager sacked after telling boss to 'f**k off' gets €6.3k for unfair dismissal

Agatha Boland was working as a manager at Keanes Garden Centre in Galway when she gave her boss the middle finger. File picture

A garden centre manager who was sacked after giving her boss the middle finger and telling him to “f**k off” has been awarded €6,300 for unfair dismissal by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).

Agatha Boland was working as a manager at Keanes Garden Centre, Galway, on June 19, 2020, when she made the derogatory gesture at the owner, Kevin Keane, and said “f**k off” or “f**k you” following a disagreement.

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