Cork hotel ordered to pay 'humiliated' Traveller family €11,000 in compensation – The Irish Times
Oriel House Hotel said it was ‘overbooked’ when Margaret O’Sullivan went to check-in with relatives
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Oriel House Hotel said it was ‘overbooked’ when Margaret O’Sullivan went to check-in with relatives
A four-star hotel that “embarrassed and humiliated” members of a Traveller family by refusing them accommodation and hurrying them out of the building to refund them with a “wad” of banknotes in the car park has been ordered to pay €11,000 in compensation.
In evidence, the hotel manager stated that she had no idea that the O’Sullivans were members of the Traveller community.
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