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Pontins Holiday Camp has been found to have discriminated against Travellers by having a list of "undesirable" Irish Surnames, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has found.

Celebrities including Cillian Murphy, Paddy McGuinness, Niall Horan, Susan Boyle, Tommy Lee, and a Metro.co.uk editor would have been denied a holiday.

Pontins said the call centre where the incidents took place had now closed.

TRAVELLERS have set up camp at Brios Winsford Lifestyle Centre.

Staff were instructed to decline or cancel bookings made under common Irish surnames branded ‘undesirable guests’.

A human rights watchdog has slammed “flagrant” and “overt” discrimination towards travellers by the operator of a caravan park.

Pontins served with EHRC notice after investigation finds multiple instances of race discrimination against Irish traveller customers.

The charity Friends, Families and Travellers said they are certain Pontins are not the only providers operating such discriminatory policies

The holiday company is found to have repeatedly breached equality laws and made an "undesirable" list.

"The real issue is that the barriers discriminate against people who use many types of cycle"