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20/08/2003
Travelling community receive golf compensation
Five members of the traveller community are to receive £1,000 each in compensation after a local golf club barred them from playing on its course.
The case involved Dungannon Golf Club who admitted racial discrimination against the five individuals during an incident in June 2000.
In the settlement the Golf Club apologised to the individuals and admitted liability saying it also accepted that its practices and procedures were unlawful.
Joan Harbison, Chief Commissioner of the Equality Commission, said she was pleased with the decision.
"When people think about equality they often think first about discrimination in job appointments and in the workplace. These are very important, but so too is the right of every person not to be excluded from playing sports, shopping or from a social life just because they belong to a particular group or community," she said.
"Members of the Irish Traveller community are entitled to receive the same treatment as members of the settled community. That means being afforded the same rights of access to leisure facilities such as golf clubs. I am pleased that in this settlement the Golf Club agreed not to discriminate against these."
(MB)
The case involved Dungannon Golf Club who admitted racial discrimination against the five individuals during an incident in June 2000.
In the settlement the Golf Club apologised to the individuals and admitted liability saying it also accepted that its practices and procedures were unlawful.
Joan Harbison, Chief Commissioner of the Equality Commission, said she was pleased with the decision.
"When people think about equality they often think first about discrimination in job appointments and in the workplace. These are very important, but so too is the right of every person not to be excluded from playing sports, shopping or from a social life just because they belong to a particular group or community," she said.
"Members of the Irish Traveller community are entitled to receive the same treatment as members of the settled community. That means being afforded the same rights of access to leisure facilities such as golf clubs. I am pleased that in this settlement the Golf Club agreed not to discriminate against these."
(MB)
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