Francis O’Donnell, former head of Inland Fisheries Ireland. Photo: IFI
The former chief executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland has said he made a statement to gardaí that he was “being blackmailed” by a sitting senator in a bid to force him to reinstate a suspended senior employee.
Francis O’Donnell is pursuing complaints under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 and the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 against the State agency.