DEC-S2002-131

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF EQUALITY INVESTIGATIONS

Equal Status Act 2000
EQUALITY OFFICER'S DECISION NO: DEC-S2002- 131

Kathleen O'Driscoll
(represented by Colm O'Rourke & Co, Solicitors)
v
Blackmore Developments Ltd t/a Elroy's Nightclub
(represented by Joyce & Co, Solicitors)

File No. ES/2001/208
Date of Issue 3/12/2002

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 nightclub - Allegation of intoxication - Vicarious liability, section 42

This dispute concerns a complaint by Ms Kathleen O'Driscoll that she was discriminated against, contrary to the Equal Status Act 2000, by Elroys Nightclub, Cork. The complainant maintains that she was discriminated against on the Traveller community ground in terms of sections 3(1)(a) 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.

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