DEC-S2002-045-048

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF EQUALITY INVESTIGATIONS

Equal Status Act 2000
EQUALITY OFFICER'S DECISION NOs: DEC-S2002-045 / 048

Eileen Delaney, Hannah Carthy, Cathleen O'Reilly and Margaret O'Reilly
(represented by Ms Carmel O'Connor)
v
The Quays Bar, Kilkenny
(represented by James Cody & Sons)

File No. ES/2001/375,382,389 &396
Date of Issue 31/05/2002

Key words:Equal Status Act 2000 - Direct discrimination, section 3(1)(a) - Membership of the Traveller community, section 3(2)(i) - Supply of goods and services, section 5(1) - Refusal of admission to pub - Non-compliance with Dress Code - Prima facie case not established

The complainants state that they were refused access to the Quays Bar on 19 January 2001 and that this was on the grounds of their membership of the Traveller community. The respondents totally reject that they operate a discriminatory policy against Travellers. They maintain that service was refused because two of the complainants were inappropriately dressed.

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