ROBERT McCavery was the youngest member when he joined the Doolin Coast Guard Unit (DCGU) in 2008. Fourteen years later, the Lahinch native was left wondering what he did wrong when he was sacked on his 40th birthday. “When the six people left, we thought when they are gone they are gone. But we got more suspicious as time went on. “We knew there was something happening because there was very few turning up for training and the same people were missing for weeks. “Over the last few years before we were sacked, I felt I was looking over my shoulder because someone was going to report me over something very minor.” Commenting on interpersonal difficulties, he said five or six years ago people who had issues with each other should have been instructed and facilitated by Coast Guard management to come together to fully resolve them and, if this couldn’t be done, they should have been told to stay …
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