Shelbourne Hotel ordered to pay €7,000 in race harassment case

The Equality Tribunal has ordered the exclusive Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin to pay €7,000 in compensation to an Australian woman who was harassed by a manager because of her race.

Tanya Persaud, whose father is of Afro-Caribbean origin, told the tribunal that her manager at the hotel made derogatory remarks about Africans and people from the West Indies while in her company.

She also told the tribunal that she was victimised when she confronted the manager and pursued the matter with human resources personnel at the hotel.

The case was one of 23 made public by the Equality Tribunal today.

In another of the cases, the well-known Q Bar beside O'Connell Bridge in Dublin was ordered to pay €150 in compensation to a man who was refused entry because of his race.

Dublin Bus was also ordered to pay €1,200 in compensation to a man after the tribunal found that a bus had failed to stop for him because of his race.