Paralympic team sponsors pay disabled woman £9,500

Sponsors of the Irish Paralympic Team have paid almost £10,000 to settle a discrimination case taken by a disabled woman.

Sponsors of the Irish Paralympic Team have paid almost £10,000 to settle a discrimination case taken by a disabled woman.

Carol Ann Armstrong, from Ballymena, Co Antrim, has a disability because of a stroke.

She was one of three women paid £9,500 each after they were made redundant by fuel company Topaz Energy in July last year when the business made their sales posts full-time.

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