30 more may have been exposed to asbestos on navy ship

It is now being claimed that 30 civilian workers could also have been exposed to potentially lethal asbestos while carrying out routine maintenance on a Naval Service ship.

That’s in addition to another seven naval personnel who also have been exposed to the dust while they were working on the LÉ Ciara at the navy’s headquarters in Haulbowline, Co Cork, last month.

The crisis deepened last night when Siptu said none of its civilian worker members, who are employed by the Department of Defence, had yet received any medical assessment — unlike the Naval Service personnel.