Harry McGee, Political Editor

INTERNATIONAL accountancy firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PWC) last night refused to comment on how it failed for several years to detect breaches of employment law at Gama Construction.

Unions representing workers at the Turkish construction firm accused of exploiting workers in Ireland are hoping company representatives will agree to attend talks at the Labour Relations Commission today.

Junior Minister Conor Lenihan has been forced to apologise publicly after making a racist remark in the Dáil about Turkish migrant workers.

PROTESTING Turkish workers at Gama yesterday called for the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) to withdraw the firm’s electricity generation licence until workers are fully paid.

The Labour Relations Commission is to hold separate talks today with management and workers at GAMA Construction.

The war of words between GAMA Construction and its employees is heating up this evening.

TÁNAISTE Mary Harney does not come well out of the controversy surrounding the scandalous underpayment of Turkish workers in Ireland.

The High Court has adjourned a case taken by the Turkish firm Gama Construction in an effort to block publication of a report into its treatment of workers.

Workers from the Turkish construction firm at the centre of a wage row are due to mount a protest in Dublin today seeking the immediate publication of a report into their pay and conditions.

Management at the Turkish construction firm accused of under-paying its workforce in Ireland is due to hold talks with the workers' representatives today.

THE chief public representative of the Turkish firm embroiled in a controversial migrant labour scandal no longer represents the company, the Irish Examiner has learned.

A report into a Turkish construction firm which underpaid migrant workers is to be handed to the Government in the coming days, it emerged tonight.

GAMA Construction says an internal review of payroll procedures found errors in the calculation of payments to expatriate employees in Ireland.

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin has suspended the issuing of new work permits to GAMA Construction.

Turkish company Gama Construction has bought out the 40% stake in the proposed Tynagh Energy power station previously held by South African bank Investec.