Tesco ordered to pay €6k to former Paralympian for not allowing guide dog into stores

Nadine Lattimore, who who competed in track and field events for Ireland in the Paralympics in London in 2012, claimed that on each occasion she was clearly identifiable as a blind person as she was with her guide dog who was wearing equipment supplied by the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind. File picture: Stephen McCarthy

A blind Paralympic athlete who has taken a number of successful discrimination cases against businesses who stopped her and her guide dog from entering their premises has secured €6,000 compensation from Tesco.

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ruled the supermarket giant had breached the Equal Status Act 2000 by discriminating against former Paralympian, Nadine Lattimore, over three incidents at different branches when staff from a security company working for Tesco told her she could not bring a dog into the store.