A homeless traveller family were awarded €22,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission in 2018 in a case they brought against a hotel in cork owned by Supermac’s Pat McDonagh. They successfully claimed the hotel had discriminated against them be refusing accommodation to them. The Circuit Court in Cork upheld the appeal of the hotel last … Read more
Matthew Reilly is a young adult with a mental disability. When his parents first came to see me in December 2019, they had a strong sense of unfairness and injustice on Matthew’s behalf. Matthew had been a member of his local credit union for many years. Always in the members’ car draw. Until November 2018 … Read more
The complainant in this case brought a claim under the Equal Status Act, 2000 (amended by the Equality Act, 2004) claiming that a YouTube video campaign of AIB bank, featuring a video entitled “Abusive Teller Machine”, was grossly offensive to men. The claim was brought to the WRC (Workplace Relations Commission) which is the appropriate … Read more
Not a lot of people know this.. Most people think the WRC (Workplace Relations Commission) only deals with employment and/or industrial relations issues. That’s not the case, at all. The Workplace Relations Commission also deals with complaints about discrimination in the provision of goods and services, accommodation, and access to education under the Equal Status … Read more