Boss ordered to pay £23,000 for shouting ‘potato’ with an Irish accent at Irish woman

Bernadette Hayes described suffering ‘a death by 1,000 cuts’ over the constant offensive comments (Picture: Bernadette Hayes)

A company director who repeatedly shouted ‘potato’ at an Irish woman has been ordered to pay her £23,300 after an employment tribunal found she had been racially harassed.

Over a period of six months Mick Atkins, from engineering firm West Leeds Civils, targeted Bernadette Hayes, who is Irish, using terms like ‘paddy’, ‘stupid paddy’ and ‘pikey’.

She...