Bridget Power awarded €4,500 over hotel Traveller discrimination

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Bridget Power was awarded €4,500 after the Workplace Relations Commission found discrimination linked to the hotel’s credit card policy, in a decision dated 19 January 2022.

The complaint concerned the Charleville Park Hotel in Charleville, where Power was refused accommodation on 9 September 2019 because she could not provide a credit card. The WRC found she was discriminated against by association with a person who was the subject of discrimination on Traveller grounds.