The Equality Tribunal has awarded a transgender woman 5 thousand euro compensation, after it ruled she’d been discriminated against by AIB.
In October 2010, Deirdre O’Byrne contacted her bank to inform them that she’d changed her name by deed poll.
AIB changed her name and gender on her credit card, but told her to close down her ‘cashsave’ account.
The equality tribunal found she has been discriminated against on gender grounds, and have ordered the bank to review their policies in relation to people who change their name.
