The International Transport Federation has demanded that Irish Ferries compensate two more Filipina workers who were hired by the company on extremely low wages.

THE plight of a Filipina beautician, who was paid slave wages on an Irish Ferries ship, has turned the spotlight sharply on the need for a radical overhaul of Ireland’s policy of issuing work permits to employers rather than directly to foreign workers.

A FILIPINO woman staging a protest on an Irish Ferries vessel after being sacked said last night her dreams were shattered.