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Fri 04 Apr 2003Legislating against discrimination at work is only half the solution
It might sound ridiculous today but, up to 30 years ago, women who were employed in the Irish civil service had to leave their jobs as soon as they got married.
Irish society has changed almost beyond recognition in the three decades since and such overt discrimination is no longer tolerated. It would be naive, however, to think that prejudice has disappeared.
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