A sales assistant who was fired after she posted an expletive-laden message about her boss on the Bebo social networking website has been awarded nearly €5,000 compensation.

The comment was:

I fuckin hate that cunt.

The [ Employment Appeals ] tribunal found that Ms Kiernan’s comments deserved “strong censure and possible disciplinary action” but they did not constitute gross misconduct in the circumstances.

As pointed out on boards.ie this morning:

It seems nobody has learned from the fairy.

Which is a reference to American employee of the Anglo Irish Bank who emailed to say he had to go to New York due to a family emergency, only to be discovered on facebook partying in a fairy costume.

Full story on Vallywag for that.

And then there’s the story of the 27 year old male, prosecuted today over leaving dirty messages on a school girl’s bebo site:

Paul Anthony Matthews (27) posted what a judge described as “outrageous” messages on a teenage girl’s site on January 31 this year.

Matthews, of Carnbeg, Doylesfort Road, Dundalk, agreed to pay the victim €3,000 instead of going to jail.

The pioneering case was brought under Section 13 (I) of the Post Office Amendment Act 1951 for sending offensive or indecent material by means of telecommunication.

Full story.

Jazz Biscuit just got sent a few photos of the Anonymous vs. Scientology protest this morning in Dublin by a friend:

Hey, I was cycling through town and I caught the tale end of the anon protest thing. This was at about 2.30, and if as your site says it was on at 12 then I guess people were probably mostly gone when I was there. looked like the lads doin it were enjoying it though.

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