Irish Crew?

roundymac · 2016-04-11 11:34:07

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/video-fishermen-rescued-after-abandoning-trawler-off-cork-coast-392304.html Glad to see the 3 Portuguese fishermen on the Irish reg trawler are safe. My question is why were the crew not Irish? I thought that was coming to an end after the Egyptian men were lost off Union Hall. I know…

11-04-2016 11:34AM

#1

roundymac

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,712 ✭✭✭

Join Date: June 2010

Posts: 2595

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/video-fishermen-rescued-after-abandoning-trawler-off-cork-coast-392304.html
Glad to see the 3 Portuguese fishermen on the Irish reg trawler are safe. My question is why were the crew not Irish? I thought that was coming to an end after the Egyptian men were lost off Union Hall. I know these guys are EU citizens but I'm willing to bet there are plenty of Irish fishermen out of work.

0

Comments

#2 11-04-2016 02:36PM

Atlantic Dawn

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭

GDY151

Join Date: January 2010

Posts: 86169

Not sure on the ownership of the trawler in question but perhaps the Irish skipper/owner was off on holidays and one of them were replacing him. It boils down to difficulties getting a crew, majority of Irish people don't want to work in a job where salary is dependent on the catch, 80-100 hour working weeks, etc.

0