Council guilty of discriminating against British citizen
03/11/2005 - 15:06:35The Equality Tribunal has ordered Donegal County Council to pay €20,000 compensation to a British woman it discriminated against because she was a British citizen.
The tribunal found the council guilty of repeatedly overlooking Derry woman Paula Alderdice for promotion solely because of her citizenship.
The trade union IMPACT had taken a case on her behalf after she failed to secure promotion on six occasions.
The Equality Tribunal said the council was unable to show that her interviews were conducted in an objective and transparent manner.
The council has said it is considering an appeal and has slammed IMPACT for revealing details of the outcome before it was officially published by the tribunal.
