Ellie Dunne loses disability discrimination case against NCAD

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Ellie Dunne’s disability discrimination complaint against NCAD was dismissed by the Workplace Relations Commission in a decision published on 7 February 2026.

The complaint concerned alleged failures to provide reasonable accommodation during Dunne’s first semester in 2023 and the college’s requirement that she repeat a failed module. The decision rejected the complaint primarily because legal notice rules had not been met.

Adjudicator Breiffni O’Neill also rejected the argument that requiring Dunne to repeat the module was discriminatory, finding that passing it was an inherent and essential element of NCAD’s academic standards.