Irish woman wins more than £23k after being racially harassed at work

A bookkeeper whose boss repeatedly shouted "potato" at her "in a strong Irish accent" has won more than £23k after an employment tribunal found she had been racially harassed.

Bernadette Hayes, who is Irish, said she suffered "a death by 1,000 cuts" between December 2023 and June 2024 while working for engineering company West Leeds Civils. The company's director, Mick Atkins, used the terms "paddy.