A council employee has lost a challenge to his dismissal after his employer found he had stolen more than €1,600 of diesel bought using public money.
Michael Walsh, a council employee since 2013, was found following an internal inquiry to have committed “theft, fraud and deliberate falsification of records”.
The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) rejected a complaint under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 by the worker challenging Galway County Council’s decision to dismiss him for gross misconduct.
Mr Walsh had been a “general services supervisor” over a team of six, a position he held since
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