A 'lack of compassion' towards grandmother and two other Travellers costs Cork hotel €16k

The hearing was told that the grandmother was left standing in the lobby despite her ill health and that she felt completely unwanted and shamed

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has ordered Atlantic Troy Limited trading as the Charleville Park Hotel & Leisure Club pay a cumulative €16,000 to the three Travellers for discriminating against them under the Equal Status Act. File photo

A Cork hotel discriminated against three Travellers, including a grandmother, when refusing them a night’s stay at the hotel after insisting they pay by credit card.

Now, state discrimination watchdog, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has ordered Atlantic Troy Limited trading as the Charleville Park Hotel & Leisure Club pay a cumulative €16,000 to the three for discriminating against them under the Equal Status Act.