irish fishing industry: the tragedy of the tit bonhomme - video /

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The Irish trawler the Tit Bonhomme crashed on to rocks just outside the harbour of Union corridor in County Cork in 2012,with the loss of five lives. Of the six crew, four were Egyptian and two, or including the skipper,were Irish. As news footage from RTÉ and Irish Examiner shows, an investigation found the crew were exhausted, or having had just four to five hours’ sleep in the 40 hours the boat was out,with questions also raised over their safety trainingRevealed: trafficked migrant workers abused in Irish fishing industryContinue reading...

Source: theguardian.com