More workers are facing age discrimination due to the rise in national minimum wage rates, a charity has claimed.
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Racing pundit John McCririck insisted today that he had played the part of a "pantomime villain" and claimed he had never been ordered to tone down his on-screen style.
Age discrimination in goods and services is not unlawful in Northern Ireland, but young people are calling for change.
Miss Mayo Marie Hughes was crowned Miss Ireland just last Saturday night, ahead of 30 other competitors, but was stripped of her title the next day she was told that she would be too old to compete in Miss World.
Allegations of age discrimination brought by senior civil servants have cost the taxpayer nearly £70,000 even though the tribunal they launched to take up their case was abandoned.
A woman won £6,000 compensation for age discrimination. Then three weeks later got fired. She then won a further £25,000 in a victimisation claim.
A war of words erupted in the Irish presidential contest last night as veteran broadcaster Gay Byrne warned Independent candidate Sean Gallagher about making ageist comments.