The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) found Jacqueline Fitzmaurice’s Equal Status complaint against Bobby Byrnes Gastro Pub was not well founded after she did not attend the hearing; the merits were not decided. The decision was dated 23 March 2023.
The complaint concerned an alleged refusal of service after Fitzmaurice entered the premises without a mask during COVID-19 restrictions. The pub denied the claim. The WRC said written notice of the hearing had been sent to the address Fitzmaurice provided, and it had received no explanation for her absence.