An Post to pay €70,000 in age discrimination case

AN POST has been ordered to pay a former employee more than €70,000 compensation for preventing him applying for a job because he was over 60.

The payment was ordered by the Equality Tribunal after it heard the case taken by Stanley Ruddy, of Johnstown, Navan, Co Meath, who claimed An Post had discriminated against him by refusing him access to an owner-driver scheme, part of the company’s overall restructuring programme in October 2003.

Mr Ruddy’s solicitor — Felim O’Reilly of Felim O’Reilly and SH O’Reilly and Co Solicitors — said a number of Mr Ruddy’s former colleagues, over age 60, are also considering taking cases against their former employer. “There are a number of drivers of the same age who have put in a claim and have come to us to represent them,” he said.