UK holiday firm had ‘undesirable guests’ list of Irish names
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London – A chain of holiday parks in Britain kept an “undesirable guests” list of Irish last names in an attempt to keep out members of the Irish Traveler community, the U.K. equalities watchdog said Tuesday.
The list kept by Pontins, which was displayed on a staff intranet site, contained about 40 largely Irish names, including Cash, Delaney, Gallagher, Murphy and O’Brien. News of the list was broken by the i newspaper.
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Britain’s Equality and Human Rights Commission said Pontins was “directly discriminating on the basis of race” by refusing to serve guests of a particular ethnic group. It said staff refused or canceled bookings made by people with an Irish name or accent.
Holiday firm Pontins used blacklist of popular Irish surnames to keep Traveller families out of parks
Pontins has agreed to change its working practices after the list was reported
Cathal Austin
Updated (Image: PA)
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Holiday firm Pontins used a blacklist of popular Irish surnames to keep Traveller families out of parks.
One of Britain's biggest holiday park operators has agreed to corporate changes after it was found to have run a secret blacklist targeting members of the Irish Traveller community, the UK equality commissioner has said.
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