Philip McMahon – a driver with Dublin Bus for 28 years – was dismissed for gross misconduct after his refusal to take the drugs test at the Summerhill depot on July 1st, 2024.

Gardaí are attempting to establish Ian Walsh's last known movements. Door-to-door inquiries will be carried out in the estate where he lived.

The woman told a hearing of the Workplace Relations Commission the bus company had breached the Equal Status Act by treating her children in a discriminatory manner.