Iceland ordered to pay €12,000 for Traveller discrimination

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Iceland Stores Ireland was ordered to pay four Traveller complainants €12,000 for discrimination at the Workplace Relations Commission. The proceedings were reported on 12 October 2022. The Commission found that the four had established a prima facie case of discrimination because they were members of the Traveller community, and ordered €3,000 for each. The complaints followed an incident at an Iceland store, where the four were escorted out while other young customers were not.