Legalitiy of this ad

Greenmachine

To me this add seems like it should be illegal, except I am not sure hair colour is grounds for discrimination. Surely the prinicipal would still apply.
http://www.jobs.ie/ApplyForJob.aspx?Id=1298312

Male and Female Promotional Staff (Walk in interview)
A new and exciting opportunity to further develop your promotional skills.

The Role:

We require both blond male and female hosts and hostesses for upcoming German events at a Dublin City Location. The ideal candidate must be friendly, outgoing, bubbley and fun with a warm personality and ready for a challenge. Previous experience is an advantage

If you have these characteristics then we want to hear from you. Come along to our walk in interviews on Thursday 26th September between 10am and 2pm.

All you need to bring is

Your CV
A coloured A5 Head Shot
Think n Blink Promotions are located at 3 Priory Hall Stillorgan, Co. Dublin

Mrs OBumble

Probably totally legal: in general it's fine to discriminate on anything so long as it's not one of the Big Nine. So discriminating because someone is brunette, short, tall, fat, ugly, shy, geeky, has curly hair, wrinkled, under-educated, speaks with a Dublin accent, doesn't like rugby, etc is just fine - except if that is a proxy for race, disability, age, MOTC, etc.

Now it's not totally clear cut: blode could be taken as "not African" - but OTOH I know a few blode South Africans. (Remember it's Race, not ethnicity, which Irish law makes provision for.)

Ray Palmer

Actors, models and performers have an exception is the way I remember it. Promotion for a German brand could be classed as a performance/modelling job. So not discrimination the same way not hiring somebody who 6 feet 7 inches as one of the 7 dwarves isn't.

Greenmachine

Didn't think of it as acting. Suddenly it sounds okay.