Irish woman: I suffered racist abuse at fire UK fire service

An Irish woman was told to leave Britain if she could not speak “the Queen’s English” by a colleague in an emergency services control room in Berkshire, a tribunal heard today.

Irish woman: I suffered racist abuse at fire UK fire service

An Irish woman was told to leave Britain if she could not speak “the Queen’s English” by a colleague in an emergency services control room in Berkshire, a tribunal heard today.

Ann Neylan, 39, who is originally from Kilcolgan, Co Galway, said she was told to “f*** off home” because of the way she spoke by a colleague at the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service, a tribunal in Reading was told today.

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