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Tue 07 Jul 2007Postman wins age bias caseAn Post has been ordered by the Equality Tribunal to pay €90,000 in compensation to a postman after it found he had suffered discrimination on the basis of his age.Postman James Dunne took his case in 2003 after he was told he was unable to apply for an owner-driver scheme working as a self-employed contractor. He was 61 at the time and was told that no one over 60 could apply.