Garda loses hotel discrimination complaint

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A garda’s discrimination complaint against a hotel was rejected by the Workplace Relations Commission after it found the complaint was out of time.

The complaint followed an allegation that a 16-year-old waitress asked the garda and his family to leave breakfast early because they were not Irish. The hotel said staff were preparing for two major events, and Peter O’Brien found no prima facie case of discrimination or prohibited conduct. The proceedings were reported on 23 March 2022.