A street in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland. (Courthouse News photo/Cain Burdeau)
LONDON (AP) A chain of holiday parks in Britain kept an “undesirable guests” list of Irish surnames 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.
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 cancelled bookings made by people with an Irish name or accent.
Des campings ont une liste noire pour les «indésirables»
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