Charleville Park Hotel owners successfully appeal €22k discrimination case against Traveller family

Judge reverses decision of the equality tribunal, saying the case came down to a requirement to have a credit card to book a room and not discrimination

Charleville Park Hotel: Judge reversed decision of the equality tribunal.

The owners of the Charleville Park Hotel were successful in their appeal against a €22,000 award to a Traveller family who claimed that their failure to be offered emergency accommodation at the premises represented discrimination.

Bridget O’Reilly testified at Cork Circuit Court that she and her partner Philip O’Neill and their two children were officially declared homeless because their caravan in Charleville was deemed unfit for habitation.