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Refused Service (based on race) at <SNIP>

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  • 15-02-2015 4:56pm
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    SARCHER
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭


    I was shocked and disgusted when I was completely ignored by whom I assume was the owner/barman and then told by a patron 'my kind' wasn't welcome. Perhaps <SNIP> should hang a sign out front to let people know who will be refused service. It sure would have saved me from being embarrassed in front of a crowded bar. Hard to believe Racism is alive and thriving in 2015


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    Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
    Registered Users Posts: 3,236 ✭✭✭Dr. Kenneth Noisewater


    SARCHER wrote: »
    I was shocked and disgusted when I was completely ignored by whom I assume was the owner/barman and then told by a patron 'my kind' wasn't welcome. Perhaps <SNIP> should hang a sign out front to let people know who will be refused service. It sure would have saved me from being embarrassed in front of a crowded bar. Hard to believe Racism is alive and thriving in 2015

    Sorry to hear that OP. I assume it was based on your skin colour? In this day and age, I'm surprised a barman would have the stupidity to refuse someone service based on race. A complaint to the Gardai may be in order.


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    clint_silver
    Registered Users Posts: 2,895 ✭✭✭clint_silver


    Suggest you take this legal if you believe you have been refused service based on race.

    example

    http://www.thejournal.ie/traveller-women-win-case-against-pub-that-refused-them-entry-1270160-Jan2014/


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    Penny Tration
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,687 ✭✭✭✭Penny Tration


    If you have genuinely been refused entry based on your race ('your kind' could be construed in different ways tbh), you should speak to a solicitor.


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    corner of hells
    Registered Users Posts: 8,358 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    SARCHER wrote: »
    I was shocked and disgusted when I was completely ignored by whom I assume was the owner/barman and then told by a patron 'my kind' wasn't welcome. Perhaps <SNIP> should hang a sign out front to let people know who will be refused service. It sure would have saved me from being embarrassed in front of a crowded bar. Hard to believe Racism is alive and thriving in 2015

    If we read.the post , it appears the barman said.nothing , it was a patron/customer who made
    the comment "your kind ".
    Entirely possible the bar was busy and the customer/patron single is the issue here.


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    dudara
    Registered Users Posts: 33,519 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    Name removed to protect the venue in question. There is no concrete evidence of racism here, and if there was, it would be a matter for the Gardaí.

    Closing this thread as it is not a Consumer Issue.

    dudara


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