‘What about homos?’ nun asked teacher in interview

The Equality Tribunal has found that a primary school in Munster discriminated against a teacher on the grounds of age, religion, and sexual orientation and has ordered it to pay her €54,000 in compensation, the equivalent of a year’s salary.

‘What about homos?’ nun asked teacher in interview

The discrimination took place at an interview for the position of school principal, at which the teacher was asked by a nun: “What about the homos?”

The Catholic school was not identified but its patron is Dr Dermot Clifford, Archbishop of Cashel and Emily.

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