OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF EQUALITY INVESTIGATIONS
Equality Officer Decision: DEC-S2002-102
Mr. Myles Delaney
V
Jamesons Hotel
(represented by Mr Michael Molloy, Blake and Kenny Solicitors)
File Ref: ES/2001/569
Key words:Equal Status Act, 2000 - Direct discrimination, section 3(1) - Membership of the Traveller community, section 3(2)(i) - Supply of goods and services, Section 5(1) - service in a pub - Mistaken identity -Action taken in good faith, section 15(2)- prima facie case, burden of proof.
The dispute concerns a claim by the above named that he was discriminated against by Jamesons Hotel on the Traveller community ground in terms of Sections 3(1)(a), and 3(2) (i) of the Equal Status Act, 2000 and contrary to Section 5(1) of that Act when he was refused service and asked to leave the respondent's premises.