Ian Kilroy loses religious discrimination claim over Lent email

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Ian Kilroy’s religious discrimination claim over a Lent email was dismissed by the Workplace Relations Commission, reported on 28 July 2022. The civil claim concerned whether an email sent by TU Dublin’s chaplaincy service about Lent amounted to discrimination under the Equal Status Act.

Adjudicating officer Pat Brady found no less favourable treatment, reasoning that sending the notice to a universal email list was comparable to displaying a campus poster. He said an option to unsubscribe might be appropriate, but dismissed the claim.