Cork City Council was found to have discriminated on the grounds of gender and age when applying the beep test for applicants for a firefighter role.

The Workplace Relations Commission Adjudicator found the 43-year-old job applicant was treated less favourably by Cork City Council as a prospective employee seeking access to employment and discrimin ...

The Workplace Relations Commission ordered Cork Fire Brigade to pay €4,000 for gender discrimination and a further €4,000 for age discrimination to Terézia Foott The "beep test", a standard aerobic ...