Woman fired over gender gets €30k

ONE of the country’s biggest letting agencies, Ely Property Group, has been ordered to pay €30,000 compensation to a former female employee by the Equality Tribunal after it was found to have discriminated against her on grounds of gender.

The tribunal said it was satisfied that one of Ely’s managers believed that the complainant, as a female, was not capable of using physical force to handle troublesome students at one of the student accommodation facilities the company managed in Donegal.

Zena Boyle, who was employed as housing manager with Ely, said her line manager used foul and abusive language to her after she reported a large number of complaints from students on the standard of the facility.