Duo occupy crane over money owed

Two men staging a sit-in in a tower crane at the site of a Dublin community college in have said they are prepared to remain there and go on hunger strike until they are paid the money they claim is owed to them.

Luke Fitzpatrick and Gary Gleeson began their sit-in 200ft above the ground on Monday evening. They had been employed at the Kishoge site in Lucan by a subcontractor who, in turn, had been engaged by main contractor JJ Rhatigan.

Luke Fitzpatrick told RTÉ radio’s Liveline show the amount of work he had done on the project and the amount of money he had been paid amounted to an hourly rate of €4.90.