Workers walk off Galway job site

THIRTY construction workers yesterday walked off site in a pay dispute in the latest setback to the controversial revamp of Eyre Square in Galway city.

The workers, 19 Irish and 11 Polish, claim some of the workforce were not paid last week and others were only paid part of the wages due to them. They say they will not return to work until the issue is resolved.

Talks were taking place in Galway last night to try to resolve the dispute which brought work on the Eyre Square redevelopment programme to a virtual standstill.