Labour Court upholds decision dismissing Dublin City Council discrimination appeal

The Labour Court dismissed Geraldine Kinsella’s appeal and upheld the decision that her discrimination complaint against Dublin City Council was not well-founded. The Court’s determination was dated 26 August 2024. Kinsella argued that the Council’s failure to complete a review recommended in an earlier industrial relations case amounted to discrimination. The Council accepted that the review had not been fully implemented, but said the process was frustrated by terms proposed by Kinsella’s representative. The Court found that the dispute over implementing the recommendation did not itself establish a discrimination complaint, and that Kinsella had not made a prima facie case for the relevant period. A prima facie case is enough evidence to require an answer from the other side.