Bridget O’Reilly wins High Court review of discrimination ruling

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The High Court quashed the Circuit Court’s decision in Bridget O’Reilly’s Traveller discrimination case in September 2023; the decision was reported on 3 April 2025.

Mr Justice Barry O’Donnell found that excessive intervention by the Circuit Court judge had made the hearing unfair. He also called the judge’s use of “itinerant” for the family inappropriate and derogatory.

On 3 April 2025, the Court of Appeal considered whether the case should be reheard in the High Court or Circuit Court and reserved judgment.