Mum takes to high seas to captain UN aid shipments in Africa

A MOTHER-of-three has swapped her idyllic life in Co Wicklow to take control of thousands of tonnes of food aid being shipped in to east Africa.

Mum takes to high seas to captain UN aid shipments in Africa
Mon, 20 Jul, 2009 - 01:00
Sarah Stack

Mary O’Neill claims she is a housewife at heart, but during her working week she faces the threat of pirates taking over her vessels in the Indian Ocean.

The 49-year-old widow, from Arklow, is port captain for the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) at Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.

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