5,000 more to apply for Oz visas to help in flood clean-up

ABOUT 5,000 additional Irish people are expected to apply for visas to Australia this year in a bid to help with the clean-up following the floods.

Experts said the massive clean-up effort will result in about 10,000 job opportunities for Ireland’s tradesmen and women.

Visa specialists www.visafirst.com said they have experienced a doubling in the number of enquiries on Australian working visas with people referencing Queensland since the scale of the disaster became apparent.