Man told he was too old to apply for van driver job awarded €3,400

"I had been keen to get this job, and to be told I was too old to even apply for it really shook me."

An Antrim man who was told he was too old to apply for a post as a van driver and store person has been awarded £3,000 (€3,400) by an industrial tribunal.

Patrick Matier was 63 and took a case alleging age discrimination against the Spring and Airbrake Ireland Limited commercial vehicle parts firm at Nutts Corner in Co Antrim.