Tribunal awards €10,000 to teacher

A PREGNANT teacher has been awarded €10,000 in compensation after she was found to have been the victim of discrimination while interviewing for a job at a school.

Anne Murray, a teacher in her thirties from Belcoo in Co Fermanagh, said she was “shocked” when she was asked about her pregnancy at an interview in November 2002 at Scoil Mhuire primary school, Swanlinbar, Co Cavan.

She told the interview panel that she would be taking maternity leave in December if she got the job and had already mentioned her pregnancy on her CV.