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| Ireland | High Court | 2022 | [2022] IEHC 553 - E.S AND INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION APPEALS TRIBUNAL AND THE MINISTER FOR JUSTICE | Religion | refugees & asylum seekers | The applicant applied for international protection. The applicant was Muslim and claimed that he risked persecution in India due to his religious belief and was at a risk of serious harm. The applicant was involved in the beef industry and claimed to have suffered religious persecution by Hindu nationalists as a result. However, the IPO recommended that the applicant should not be given refugee or subsidiary protection. It was reasoned that he had investment property worth €4 million which he… | View more |
| Ireland | Work Place Relations Commission (WRC) | 2022 | ADJ-00032864 Narimene Saad vs Deeward Ltd | Religion | persons of african origin | Narimene Saad had complained under the Employment Equality Act against Deeward Ltd, claiming she was discriminated against on the basis of both her race and religion when she interviewed for a position with the firm. The company had denied discriminating against her at all. She told a hearing that she was invited to an interview for a part-time weekend job and met the company’s operations manager. The interviewer questioned her about her nationality when she wore a headscarf to a job interview. | View more |
| Ireland | High Court | 2021 | [2021] IEHC 152 Hossain v Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation | Race/Ethnicity | persons of asian origin | The applicant, a national of Bangladesh, was initially in Ireland as the spouse of an EU citizen. He held a Stamp 4 on this basis. The marriage subsequently broke down. Prior to the expiry of the applicant’s Stamp 4 permission, he applied for an employment permit. This application was refused on the grounds that at the time of application, he already had a valid Stamp 4 permission. | View more |
| Ireland | Work Place Relations Commission (WRC) | 2020 | ADJ-00023569 Ranadave Mukherji v Marks & Spencer | Religion | Muslims | Customer claimed he was discriminated against by store staff. | View more |
| Ireland | Labour Court | 2019 |
Ireland / Workplace Relations Commission. The Labour Court/ ADJ-00018001 CA-00023201-003; SECTION 8A, UNFAIR DISMISSAL ACTS, 1977 TO 2015. PARTIES : TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN (REPRESENTED BY IRISH BUSINESS AND EMPLOYERS CONFEDERATION)- AND - MR ALI SELIM (REPRESENTED BY IRISH FREDERATION OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS). |
Religion | Muslims | This is an appeal by Ali Selim (the Appellant) against an Adjudication Officer’s Decision given under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 to 2015 (the Act) in a claim that he was unfairly dismissed by his former employer Trinity College Dublin (the Respondent). Dr Ali Selim, the Appellant, participated in a television programme on February 8th 2018. During the programme, Dr Selim spoke on the topic of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and “exercised his right to express Islamic beliefs that were… | View more |
| Ireland | IECA, Court of Appeal | 2016 | Ireland / Court of Appeal / DU 580/14 / The People at the Suit of the Director of Public Prosecutions v. Aaron Shattock | Race/Ethnicity | Third country nationals | This case relates to the conviction of a man for an assault on another man perceived to be a third country national or migrant following altercation in which the victim and his friend had been tainted with racist language. The assault resulted in the victim sustaining a serious injury to his eye resulting in loss of sight in that eye. The case was an appeal against the severity of a sentence of three and a half years imprisonment with the final eighteen months suspended for assault causing… | View more |
| Ireland | IECA, Court of Appeal | 2016 | Ireland / Court of Appeal / No. 162/15 / The People at the Suit of the Director of Public Prosecutions v. Kris Collins | Race/Ethnicity | Migrants | This case relates to the previous conviction of a man of Irish descent for a sudden physical assault on a person perceived to be a foreign national. The assualt resulted in the victim suffering serious life-threatening head injuries and in need of surgery. This case was an appeal against the severity of a sentence of eight years imprisonment that was imposed on the appellant. The victim was a Kurdish born 24-year-old man, a Muslim, who had recently become an Irish citizen. While socialising,… | View more |
| Ireland | IECA, Court of Appeal | 2014 | Ireland / Court of Appeal / No. 186/12 / The People at the Suit of the Director of Public Prosecutions v. Anthony Elders | Race/Ethnicity | Third country nationals | This case relates to the previous conviction of an Irish man in the Circuit Court for criminal damage and assault on another man of perceived Asian descent following an argument among a number of people. In the course of the assault, racist language was used and the victim sustained lacerations to his face and damage to property. The case was an appeal brought by the appellant against the severity of a sentence of five years imprisonment for assault causing harm and criminal damage. The racist… | View more |
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