UK Theme Park Chain Banned Those With Irish Names

Reuters reports:

A British chain of holiday parks was until recently using an “undesirable guest list” to stop people with Irish surnames from making bookings, an anti-discrimination watchdog said on Tuesday. The list used internally at Pontins and obtained by The I newspaper included surnames commonly found in Ireland and within the Irish diaspora in Britain, such as Doherty, Gallagher, Murphy, Nolan, O’Brien and O’Connell.

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The list used internally at Pontins and obtained by the i newspaper included surnames commonly found in Ireland and within the Irish diaspora in Britain, such as Doherty, Gallagher, Murphy, Nolan, O’Brien and O’Connell pic.twitter.com/AXMAEU6kfh

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 2, 2021

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Pontins used blacklist of common Irish surnames to keep Traveller families out of its holiday parks

Full story from me and @cahalmilmo on @theipaper https://t.co/RsKY7qEV4u @EHRC pic.twitter.com/J7g2tOo4JC

— Chris Green (@ChrisGreenNews) March 2, 2021

I would’ve paid Pontins to put O’Connor on the list to save my mom dragging us to Brean Sands every. single. year. pic.twitter.com/xiMRcF4IWy

— Sarah O’Connor (@sarahoc_o) March 2, 2021

Irony: Pontins recently lobbied me to support its sites reopening, but would have banned me & my kids from staying there if they had.

The list of surnames is ludicrous, but the intent behind it is no laughing matter. Nothing but the same old story, eh? https://t.co/EjfZ0vvY3Q pic.twitter.com/Fmco6maHtB

— Conor McGinn MP (@ConorMcGinn) March 2, 2021