Dublin Airport worker who told Aer Lingus employee to 'f**k off' will get early High Court hearing to challenge his dismissal

Judge hears that the employee of ESP Global Services, which manages Dublin Airport on behalf of Daa, would not be reinstated pending the court proceedings

The IT systems engineer told the court he had apologised a number of times for telling the Aer Lingus staff member to 'go away' and ultimately to 'fuck off'. File picture: Steve Parsons/PA

A worker with a contract company at Dublin Airport who was sacked after he told an Aer Lingus customer services check-in representative to “fuck off” will get an early hearing of his High Court action challenging his dismissal, a judge said on Tuesday.

After being told that Colm Dunne had not been reinstated pending his challenge, Mr Justice Brian Cregan said he was prepared to give a hearing date for his case before the courts’ Easter break at the end of next week.