# Discrimination

Last month

May 2023

# Dunnes Stores

Two Roma women awarded €6,000 against Dunnes for discrimination

The judge said that the women seemed genuinely aggrieved that they had been treated unfairly.

44.2k

May 18th 2023, 11:12 PM

# eileen flynn

Senator Eileen Flynn describes racism against Travellers after taxi driver refused to take her home

Senator Flynn said that she felt the discrimination “to the gut of my stomach” yesterday.

35.0k

May 4th 2023, 1:04 PM

This year

2023

# High Court

Family challenges court's finding that Cork hotel did not discriminate against them

The family claimed that despite having booked a three night stay they were denied access to the hotel.

42.4k

Mar 13th 2023, 4:55 PM

Last year

2022

# Under fire

Croatia fans punished for 'xenophobic behaviour'

Canada goalkeeper Milan Borjan was targeted for his ethnic Serb roots.

5.9k

Nov 30th 2022, 4:35 PM

# Josepha Madigan

'Extremely disappointing': Minister criticises school for separating girl with Down Syndrome from class

The Minister of State for Special Education said that every school can access the resources necessary for inclusion

14.5k

Nov 10th 2022, 9:00 AM

# Travel

Criticism for Ryanair as airline requires South Africans to take pre-flight test in Afrikaans

Critics of the move by Ryanair have pointed out the language’s apartheid association and that it is only the third-most spoken language in the country.

26.8k

Jun 7th 2022, 4:22 PM

# Discrimination

Hotel ordered to pay €5,000 for discriminating against bride-to-be from Traveller Community

The woman did not receive a response until a complaint was made under the Equal Status Act.

67.9k

May 21st 2022, 3:19 PM

# Discrimination

'How can we prove it?': Travellers highlight barriers to justice after incidents of discrimination

Traveller women who were surveyed said businesses may deploy “sneaky ways” to refuse them service.

30.1k

Apr 29th 2022, 6:00 AM

# Report

Unemployed, people with disabilities and Travellers ‘more likely to experience discrimination’

From 2004 to 2019, 12% to 18% of adults reported experiencing some form of discrimination.

10.0k

Mar 31st 2022, 4:26 PM

# WRC

Cork hotel ordered to pay €22,000 to homeless Traveller family in discrimination case

The hotel has been ordered to pay out €38,000 to members of the Travelling community since the start of last month.

30.7k

Mar 2nd 2022, 3:42 PM

All time

# Discrimination

Organic farm ordered to pay €8,000 in compensation after telling HIV-positive man to leave farm

The man alleged that after being told that he could no longer work at the organic farm, two requests to have a shower were refused.

63.1k

Dec 13th 2021, 7:45 AM

# Universal Periodic Review

UN to review Ireland's record on human rights, conversion therapy and Traveller discrimination

Minister for Equality Roderic O’Gorman will lead the Irish delegation and deliver a speech at today’s hearing.

13.3k

Nov 10th 2021, 6:00 AM

# appeal

Hotel operator attempts to overturn finding it discriminated against Traveller woman seeking to book wedding venue

The Bunratty Castle Hotel has appealed the finding.

55.8k

Mar 3rd 2021, 9:34 PM

Voices

Column: 'Pontins only achieved such rapid notoriety because it targeted common Irish surnames'

Two decades on from a landmark case in Britain, discrimination is still an everyday experience for Travellers, writes legal affairs journalist CJ McKinney.

39.4k

Mar 2nd 2021, 9:00 PM

# Discrimination

'Nice-looking girl but her father is Jamaican': Attitude to race impacted on adoption from homes

The Commission’s report also found that physical and intellectual disabilities impacted on outcomes for children.

38.3k

Jan 13th 2021, 12:05 AM

# Discrimination

WRC finds Dublin school discriminated against Catholic girl by favouring Church of Ireland students

The school denied discrimination and said there is no non fee-paying Church of Ireland school in the area.

30.6k

Dec 24th 2020, 3:18 PM

# new report

Two-thirds of Irish Travellers have faced discrimination, report finds

Travellers in Ireland reported having the lowest rates of employment in Europe, at just 15%.

23.6k

Dec 7th 2020, 7:15 AM

# Discrimination

Roma woman wrongfully accused of failing to pay fare and thrown off Dublin Bus

The woman and a friend who was with her at the time received a substantial settlement.

88.5k

Oct 1st 2020, 6:15 AM

# direct provision

Ban on learner driver permits for asylum seekers not discrimination, court rules

The ruling overturns a previous finding in favour of people living in direct

32.0k

Jul 30th 2020, 6:12 PM

# Social Welfare

Decision to cut welfare payments after recipients' holidays abroad criticised as 'unfair and discriminatory'

Over 140 people have had their welfare payments stopped after travelling abroad – but others receiving State benefits aren’t affected.

91.6k

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Jul 27th 2020, 1:20 PM

# WRC

'She was left vulnerable': 64-year-old woman awarded €10,000 after being fired over age and illness

The woman took a discrimination case against her employer, a residential disability service.

28.8k

Jun 26th 2020, 10:15 AM

# Temporary Wage subsidy

Maternity leave exclusion from wage subsidy referred to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission

In order to be eligible for the scheme, employees need a pay slip from January or February this year.

20.9k

May 15th 2020, 9:16 AM

# Discrimination

'We had bottles thrown at us, a woman spit on us': Six in 10 LGBT people avoid holding hands in public

Three in 10 people avoid certain locations for fear of being assaulted, according to a new survey.

27.1k

May 14th 2020, 6:00 AM

# Harassment

Gay man described as 'f****t' by colleague awarded €27k over being harassed in workplace

The case was brought before the Workplace Relations Commission.

44.2k

Jan 21st 2020, 1:29 PM

# Controversy

Verona Murphy has been 'through a tough time' but it's the right decision to take her off the FG ticket, says Coveney

Coveney said the by-election campaign was ‘personally stressful’ on Murphy.

13.7k

Dec 23rd 2019, 6:25 PM

# Discrimination

Varadkar says he is 'thankful' he hasn't had much experiences of homophobia or racism

He said he has been subjected to name-calling but never anything violent.

21.0k

Dec 22nd 2019, 10:42 AM

# WRC

Hotel ordered to pay €5k over cancelling Holy Communion booking for members of Traveller family

A mother and her two children took cases to the Workplace Relations Commission, claiming they’d been discriminated against.

35.9k

Dec 18th 2019, 6:08 PM

# Discrimination

Design engineer fired over stammer awarded €15,000 in compensation

The man’s employer blamed the ‘communication thing’.

30.1k

Oct 2nd 2019, 8:05 PM

# WRC

Father awarded €3.5k in discrimination case over daughter's enrolment in school

The father took the gender discrimination case under the Equal Status Act at the Workplace Relations Commission.

44.5k

Sep 24th 2019, 9:07 PM

# Discrimination

'Let him give up football' - Barnes criticises Sancho's racism comments

The former Liverpool star addressed comments made by Sancho regarding a recent spate of racism.

13.8k

Sep 4th 2019, 10:43 AM

# Harassment

'Called a thick b***h, physically assaulted and sexually harassed every day': Maximum award for worker who suffered relentless campaign

The Workplace Relations Commission condemned the employer for failing to stop the abuse.

132k

Aug 9th 2019, 5:57 PM

# Uniform

Garda management feared Sikh members could win discrimination cases over turban ban

Earlier this year the force announced a change to rules in relation to uniforms to allow the wearing of turbans and hijabs.

64.5k

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Jun 23rd 2019, 12:05 AM

# Discrimination

Man awarded €5,000 after job interviewer greeted him with 'so, you're Deaf?'

The branch manager asked the man, who had years of experience in a similar role, how he would manage to do the warehouse job safely.

55.5k

May 17th 2019, 6:30 AM

# enough

FA welcomes players' anti-racism manifesto, warns against unilateral action

The governing body also recommended that if players are racially abused and want to walk off the pitch in protest, that they leave it to the referee.

2.1k

Apr 24th 2019, 3:43 PM

# Explainer

Here's why tenants can take discrimination cases against landlords at the Workplace Relations Commission

The WRC provides advice on workplace issues to employers and to employees.

35.5k

Apr 22nd 2019, 10:00 PM

# racial assumptions

'I left feeling like s**t': AIB criticised for 'presuming' Irish woman was international student

Sarah* (20) was born in Ireland to Chinese parents. She now attends the National College of Ireland (NCI).

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Apr 18th 2019, 12:05 AM

# WRC

'Upsetting and humiliating': AIB ordered to pay €4,000 to Syrian dentist over account refusal

The discrimination case was taken before the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).

35.7k

Apr 9th 2019, 4:44 PM

# Discrimination

'It is really sad that things like this are happening in 2019'

Germany’s stars have condemned racist abuse aimed at two of their players.

9.8k

Mar 23rd 2019, 3:56 PM

# Discrimination

Woman who claimed landlord's son called her a 'black c**t' and had tenancy terminated awarded €12k

The woman said she was given notice to quit the property two days after informing the landlord she applied for rent supplement.

50.4k

Mar 20th 2019, 12:05 AM

# Civil Partnership

Print company ordered to pay gay man €2.5k over refusal to print civil partnership invites

This follows a landmark ruling by the Workplace Relations Commission.

30.8k

Feb 8th 2019, 6:18 PM