Woman gets €1,000 for discrimination

A WOMAN has been awarded €1,000 from a Chinese restaurant in Co Mayo after claiming she was discriminated against on Traveller grounds, even though she is not a Traveller.

Jean Browne claimed she was refused entry to Chung and Tullio’s restaurant in Ballina on July 20, 2003, because she was wearing “a gypsy-style top and hoop earrings” and her relatives had married Travellers.

The Equality Tribunal said she was discriminated against “on the Traveller ground by association”.