WRC dismisses Cornelius O'Donoghue’s complaints against Clare County Council

The WRC dismissed Cornelius O'Donoghue’s complaints against Clare County Council after the Council replaced concrete blocks at the entrance to its land, which O'Donoghue said obstructed access to his home. He alleged discrimination on Traveller and race grounds, disability discrimination, harassment and failure to provide reasonable accommodation. The WRC found the circumstances fell outside the relevant Equal Status Act provisions and dismissed the complaints as frivolous. It rejected the Council’s time-limit objection; the dismissal was not a finding on whether discrimination occurred.