Equality laws prevent publicans from ejecting children, claims VFI
At the first day of its annual conference in Donegal, VFI chief executive Tadhg O’Sullivan said few publicans would risk a fine of up to €4,000 under the Equal Status Act, and blamed ‘zealots’ for promoting the interpretations handed down under the act.
“We thought we had a relatively simple position. At a reasonable time of night a child could be asked to leave. But now, once a child is accompanied by an adult, neither can be asked to leave the premises. I don’t think it is right and I don’t think it is legal,” he said.
