€1k award for widows denied club admission

Two young widows, both of whose husbands had died by suicide, were each awarded €1,000 by a court yesterday after being refused entry to a nightclub which was hosting a mental illness charity event.

The civil suit was brought on the grounds of discrimination by the Irish Traveller Movement against McSorleys night club, College St, Killarney, at Killarney District Court.

The women said they felt they were turned away from the event for Aware because they were members of the Travelling community. They arrived with tickets but “an Irish bouncer” insisted no such event was taking place.