Belfast hotel sued over All-Ireland coverage

[dublinfella]

Does anyone here have

1) A brain
2) Any experience of tribunals

The simple fact is that on this occasion (which will be the only "occasion" the tribunal will deal with in this case) an international hotel chain treated "a nationalist patron" less favourably than "a unionist patron", in this instance, by having soccer (which the tribunal will conclude was likely to be the preferred choice of "a unionist patron") accessible and not GAA, which the patron specifically requested, and which the hotel could easily have made available as well on this occasion. Nothing to do with what may or may not be broadcast in Silverbridge Harps club or anywhere else.As I said before, its a no brainer, I cant see how the guy can lose.

1: Because he was not a resident in the hotel so therefore not a patron they are obliged to serve.

2: Beacuase a hotel is entitled to have the final say in what is shown on the television in its bar - in this case a game tied in with a promotion that begun before the AIF.

3: Because soccer is not an exclusively, or even predominantly, unionist game. you are proof of that.

I note you have resorted to abuse to make your point. classy fearon.

[lynchbhoy]

in all honesty folks, Tony isnt as mad as you may think.
The complaints/tribunals boards have had to deal with some outrageously stupid complaints in the past number of years and have to be seen to fall over themselves to 'equalise' to one side of the community or the other (depending on who is making the complaint).

it is the 'world gone mad' scenario.
However crazy this sounds, Tony (and the guy with the male leather fettish) is correct in saying that this case will be considered in serious terms. Cant say what the outcome will be - it could go either way, but it will most def be considered.

[The Gs Man]

Just an observation but if this was in the non-GAA section I'd say it would have hit 20 pages by now.

[T Fearon]

Lynchboy, thank you for placing my insanity level at a moderate pitchl. Thats two pints I'll have to get you next week

[ziggysego]

Soccer is not a British. It's watched the world over. You should know that, being huge fan of two great British soccer teams. Celtic and Spurs. He has no case, the hotel have a right to show what they want in their hotel. Most of Belfast was showing the AIF, why couldn't he go to one of them pubs, after all it's not like he was staying in the hotel. By your reckoning the Loyalist and Unionist communities that a case against the large percentage of pubs in Belfast that day for denying them their national right by showing the AIF and not some soccer game across the water.

[T Fearon]

Ziggy it will all boil down to how the tribunal views this incident in the Hilton Hotel (not anywhere else where the complainant could have gone. In short they will consider which sport a (hypothetical even) unionist is likely to prefer (undoubtedly soccer) which sport a (hypothetical even) nationalist is likely to prefer and will conclude that the hypothetical unionist was catered for but the nationalist wasn't and worse his actual request for equal treatment was refused. They will consider how easy it was or would have been for the hotel to cater for the nationalist's request and will conclude that it would have been very easy. They will ask for past occasions when the Hotel has screened GAA and compare it to the number of times it screens soccer, will be told that the hotel never screens GAA, and  will then  conclude that the hotel manager is the son of satan with a deep seated hatred of catholicism and nationalism, and in short the Hotel will be hung out to dry.

I am not necessarily saying I think its right but its how the tribunal will see it.

[Maguire01]

You haven't necessarily said you think it is wrong either. Get off the fence on this one!

[ziggysego]

Who?

[Maguire01]

Who?

T Fearon:

I am not necessarily saying I think its right but its how the tribunal will see it.

[ziggysego]

Ah, yes. Sorry, bit touchy. Everyone thinks I sit on the fence.

[his holiness nb]

Just like Rachel from big brother you are Ziggy.

you Welsh tart!

[full back]

Ah, yes. Sorry, bit touchy. Everyone thinks I sit on the fence.

You do sit on the fence ziggy..

[ziggysego]

THIS CASE IS WRONG

Happy now?

[T Fearon]

I don't think the case is wrong myself. After all the guy could have been accommodated by the hotel quite easily.

I just hate tribunals due to my dire experience with them

[SidelineKick]

could the same person have demanded that an hour long emmerdale special be turned over because eastenders is on? then take them to court because they are bein biased towards northerners by keeping emmerdale on?

i think its a case of being offended because he wanted to be offended. hes probably the same type of boy that wud climb on board a crashed bus to get a claim out of it.