WRC case over kennel club dispute adjourned for discussions

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A Workplace Relations Commission hearing on Pauline McDonagh’s disability discrimination complaint against the Irish Kennel Club was adjourned for discussions between the parties. Adjudication officer Pat Brady said mediation might have helped before the equality claim came before him.

The complaint concerned the club’s handling of McDonagh’s grievance about the 2022 annual general meeting of the All-Ireland Schnauzer and Pinscher Association. The club said it rejected that grievance as inadmissible and suspended her membership after she did not submit the 2023 accounts and treasurer’s report. McDonagh said she had not received a fair hearing and that her internal complaints remained unanswered.