The chief executive of Catholic Schools New South Wales, Dallas McInerney, has been sacked after appearing at a watchdog inquiry into allegations of corruption in the state’s Liberal party.The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) is investigating the allegation that McInerney, who gave evidence to the inquiry this week and last week, arranged and approved illegal political donations from Catholic Schools NSW to lobbying companies controlled by conservative factional group the Reformers, under the guise of consultancy services.McInerney, whose Liberal party membership was suspended after the announcment of Icac’s inquiry, has insisted payments totalling $265,900 over four years were for genuine consulting work. On Wednesday, McInerney denied he performed a factory reset on a work phone and iPad over the weekend to wipe critical evidence.McInerney, who is a factional ally of federal opposition leader, Angus Taylor has rejected that a message about a plan to “shake down Angus” referred to donations to the Reformers. Taylor is not named in Icac’s allegations and has repeatedly denied making payments to the Reformers.In a statement shared on Friday, Catholic Schools NSW said its board had “unanimously determined that there is a loss of confidence in Dallas McInerney’s ability to lead the organisation into the future”.“As such, the Board has now terminated Mr McInerney’s employment agreement