Traveller girl, 15, gets €20k settlement against Zara and security firm over changing room incident

Dakota Joyce and her sister would frequently visit stores and photograph themselves in the latest ladies and girls’ fashions, which they would then promote and recommend to their TikTok followers, court heard.

Two Traveller sisters, who have thousands of online followers on their influencer accounts, have between them won €40,000 damages against top retailer Zara and its security company, Bidvest Noonan, for publicly defaming them.

On Tuesday, the companies each agreed to pay 15-year-old Dakota Joyce €10,000 compensation in settlement of her claim for defamation of character.