Irish travellers who were banned from watching Tyson Fury at Greene King pub receive large payout & apology

Greene King pubs has issued an apology and paid out thousands of pounds in damages to a group of Irish travellers who were banned from watching a Tyson Fury fight in one of their Essex pubs. The pub chain apologised for racially discriminating against the group.

The group of 12 Irish Travellers were hoping to watch the WBC heavyweight title fight between Dillian Whyte and the “Gypsy King” at the Woodford Greene King pub in Essex on April 23. But before they could sit down, they were asked to leave by a Greene King manager and told that they had to exit because of Greene King’s policy to not serve Irish Travellers.

When the group challenged the decision to refuse service, the manager of the pub told the group “that’s what the company says, ‘no Travellers’”. He also confirmed that the reason for the ejection was race, and accepted that the policy was discriminatory.

Yesterday (November 15), Greene King pubs issued an apology, paid the group substantial damages, as well as issuing a charitable donation at the group’s request. The amount that the group were paid has not been disclosed but it is thought to be thousands of pounds.

Greene King posted a public apology on its website and their social media channels.