Australian job interviewee arrested and deported

Caroline O’Doherty

John Meawad, 30, never even got to meet his prospective employer, Waterford man Akram Hanna, who was very keen to sign him up for the E70,000 a year post.

“I feel I should go over to him on my knees and say ‘I’m sorry for what happened but please believe me, Ireland is not like this’,” Mr Hanna said.