I’m still thinking about Gavins response to the question on the #womenofhonour -he saw nothing, he knew nothing-and he wants to be President? Can you imagine him responding as our previous presidents have done to issues as national trauma! He’s the see nothing,do nothing candidate #speirgorm #aras25
Since July last year Irish fishing vessel owners have had a means to legally recruit non-EEA fishers under the work permit system. A cap of 150 permits was agreed with fishing industry representatives. To date only 6 non-EEA fishers have been recruited by legal means. 5/
The two who were admitted to the human trafficking referral mechanism likewise paid exorbitant recruitment fees and were told that they would be working on a foreign flagged vessel docked in Ireland only to be told on arrival that they were instead working on an Irish vessel in Dunmore East. 4/
They each had some €7,000 extracted from them by an Indonesian crewing agent before being sent here. They arrived in Dublin Airport with a letter from this crewing agent and an Irish crewing agent based in Donegal claiming that they were due to board a UK flagged vessel in Dingle. 3/
coming days. Indonesian fishers working legally in Ireland estimate some 40 of their compatriots in total have been trafficked. I’m informed that six who only arrived two days ago were taken into Garda custody in Cork within 24 hours of their arrival and are due to return tomorrow. 2/
The trafficking of fishers from Indonesia into Ireland to work on Irish flagged fishing vessels has been ongoing over the last year. Two of these victims have so far been admitted by the Garda into the referral mechanism for human trafficking. A couple more may be referred to the Garda in the 1/
Review I recently wrote for Socialist View magazine www.socialistparty.ie/2025/05/revi...
Wrote about the Irish marriage equality referendum ten years on and the contemporary experience of homophobia in Ireland.
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Just a reminder that our CEO Brian Niccol - who was paid $800k a day last year while workers struggle to get fair hours/pay - commutes to work via private jet because he couldn’t be bothered to live near Starbucks HQ 💚
@unitetheunion.bsky.social migrant healthcare assistant members will be compiling a list of recruitment agents whom Irish employers are engaging that are charging the workers massive fees effectively debt bonding them. This practice has to end
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