OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF EQUALITY INVESTIGATIONS
Equal Status Act 2000
EQUALITY OFFICER'S DECISION NOs: DEC-S2002-041 / 044
Eileen Delaney, Hannah Carthy, Cathleen O'Reilly and Margaret O'Reilly
(represented by Ms Carmel O'Connor)
v
Biddy Earlys, Kilkenny
(represented by James Cody & Sons)
File No. ES/2001/378,385,392 &399
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 - Burden of Proof - Dress Code
This dispute concerns a complaint by Eileen Delaney, Hannah Carthy, Cathleen O'Reilly and Margaret O'Reilly that they were discriminated against, contrary to the Equal Status Act 2000, by the proprietors of Biddy Earlys pub, Kilkenny.
The complainants maintain that they were discriminated against on the Traveller community ground in terms of sections 3(1) and 3(2)(i) of the Equal Status Act 2000 in not being provided with a service which is generally available to the public contrary to Section 5(1) of the Act.