N7 builders 'treated appallingly' cannot have €1.2m damages judgments enforced across EU

After that Court of Appeal ruling on Monday, Tom O'Regan, solicitor for the workers, said he would move an application before the Portugese courts in an effort to enforce the judgments. Picture: iStock

More than 50 Portuguese workers have failed to get an order for enforcement across the EU of damages judgments totalling €1.2m over their “appalling” treatment by their former employers when working on the N7 motorway over ten years ago.

After that Court of Appeal ruling on Monday, Tom O'Regan, solicitor for the workers, said he would move an application before the Portuguese courts in an effort to enforce the judgments.