Paralympian awarded €5k from Eddie Rockets after being limited to section of restaurant with guide dog

Eddie Rockets has been ordered to pay €5,000 compensation to a blind Irish Paralympian after she was told that her guide dog could only sit at tables at the front of a restaurant.

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that Eddie Rockets Ireland Limited had breached the Equal Status Act 2000 by discriminating against Nadine Lattimore on grounds of disability.

Ms Lattimore claimed she was the subject of less favourable treatment because of her disability and not provided with reasonable accommodation when she visited the Eddie Rockets restaurant on Parnell Street, Dublin on October 2nd, 2023.

The claim was not disputed by the company which accepted that it had discriminated against Ms Lattimore in breach of the legislation.

It is the third successful discrimination claim in the past six months by Ms Lattimore, who competed in track and field events for Ireland in the Paralympics in London in 2012.

In July, the WRC ordered discount retailer, Dealz, to pay her €7,000…

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