A former senior policeman in the North has been awarded several thousand pounds compensation for discrimination against him when he sought promotion, it was announced today.

A prominent Irish Times journalist has accused her employer of religious, sexual and political discrimination and victimisation, a tribunal heard today.

A Catholic member of the Territorial Army has received damages for suffering sectarian harassment and discrimination for more than 11 years in Northern Ireland, it emerged today.

A Catholic who was sacked from his job as a waiter at a Belfast hotel was today awarded £10,000 (€16,000) for ``loss of opportunity'' by judges at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.