Company to be barred from tunnel project

Michael O’Farrell, Political Reporter

More than 40 employees of Format Industrial Construction Ltd will now be transferred to another firm under a deal brokered by the tunnel consortium Nishimatsu Mowlem Irishenco (NMI).

Format made written commitments to pay workers properly in February following an extensive Irish Examiner investigation which revealed that its tunnel workers were being paid just over E8 an hour instead of the agreed industry standard of over E15.