One of Limerick’s most famous hotels has been ordered to pay €1,000 in damages after it allegedly indirectly discriminated against a traveller when she was escorted from the hotel on her wedding night, reports The Mirror.
The Workplace Relations Commission found that the Savoy Hotel in Henry Street, Limerick, indirectly discriminated against Mary Jane Sheridan as a member of the travelling community when it did not honour her hotel booking because she did not have a credit card.
The hotel denied allegations that its credit card policy directly or indirectly discriminated against Ms Sheridan.
However, the WRC found that it was neither appropriate nor necessary to deny accommodation for lack of a credit card.
However, upon arrival, they were informed that they could not stay at the hotel as they could not produce a credit card, reports The Mirror.
The WRC learned that the hotel declined the couple’s offer to pay a security deposit charged to their debit card.
The couple said that the refusal to allow them to stay at the hotel caused them great embarrassment and pain, which happened on their wedding night, reports The Mirror.
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