It was alleged that the managing director had used the words 'tinker' and 'itinerant', and joked that he was watching a Traveller customer on the premises to ensure that he left back the item he was looking at.

It heard evidence that there were several incidents where managers had made references to Mr O’Connor about “k******s” including customers to the store.

The committee understands that eight per cent of male prisoners are Travellers, 16 per cent of female prisoners are Travellers, and 21 per cent of children detained are Travellers.

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled the Oriel House Hotel discriminated against the group when they were turned away despite having a booking