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A LORRY driver who claimed he had not worked since being dis- missed from his job was caught on camera driving a digger on the En- nis by-pass site.
Thomas Lynch claimed before a hearing of the Employment Ap- peals Tribunal in Ennis that he had been dismissed by his boss, haulier Francis Greene, for not delivering a load of cement, which Lynch said
had been cancelled.
Lynch said that he was paid €500 for working up to 80 hours a week and received no overtime.
Greene denied unfairly dismiss- ing Lynch who he said had “left to go and work with his brother.” He denied Lynch had worked up to 80 hours a week. He had agreed a flat rate when Greene was hired, at Greene’s request, the employer Sr nLO
The truck driver claimed that he had not worked since the alleged dismissal.
But after having been shown photographs taken by a private detective of him in the cab of a digging machine on September 15 last, Lynch said he had “worked a few hours” to see what the machine was like. He said he got no pay for the work.
The Tribunal will give its deci- sion on the case in a few weeks.