The High Court heard the defendant had been employed in a senior role by the group since 2009 after it acquired a company co-owned by him.
It is claimed that during the last few days of his employment, before his access to his employer’s IT systems was discontinued, Mr Hanly of Waterville, Castlebar, Co Mayo sent a series of emails from his work account to a personal account. He was written to by the plaintiffs and asked to deliver up the material and identify what use he has made of the information.The court heard that Mr Hanly’s solicitors have denied any wrongdoing by him and that he has not used any confidential information for any purpose other than in connection with his employment with the group.