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The Workplace Relations Commission heard the girl had to spend most of her school day in a foyer outside the classroom.

A primary school must pay €12,000 to a young girl with Down syndrome after she had to spend most of her day in a foyer…

A primary school must pay €12,000 to a young girl with Down syndrome after she had to spend most of her day in a foyer…

A primary school must pay €12,000 to a young girl with Down syndrome after she had to spend most of her day in a foyer…

A primary school must pay €12,000 to a young girl with Down syndrome after she had to spend most of her day in a foyer…

A leading Irish hotel has successfully challenged a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ruling that it had discriminated against a homeless Traveller couple and their children by refusing them three nights’ accommodation.

Retail chain Iceland has been ordered to pay out a total of €12,000 to four travellers, including two children, after they were discriminated against when asked to leave a store.

Enoch Burke has again refused to comply with court orders barring him from his workplace despite spending two nights in prison for contempt of court.

Irish teacher Enoch Burke continues to refuse to comply with the terms of his suspension from Wilson's Hospital School, where he was placed on paid leave, as well as the subsequent court order to stay away from the school.

Enoch Burke has been committed to Mountjoy Prison for contempt of court after telling a judge he would not abide by a court order restraining him from attending for work while suspended, claiming that to do so would violate his religious beliefs.