Defiant Gama to send 140 workers home

THE multinational construction firm accused of stealing millions in workers’ wages is to repatriate 140 Turkish employees, despite Government assurances no worker would be sent home.

As protests against the company escalated yesterday, Turkish firm Gama said it could no longer retain the workers in Ireland as it had no work for them.

It is understood the workers concerned have finished one contract and were due to commence work on another site but have been unable to do so since the land is occupied illegally.