Irish consultant recalls experience of being caught in South Sudan war

Irish engineer was in Africa’s newest country providing logistics training when war broke out. Peter O’Dwyer reports

The most arduous part of returning to work for many is trawling through a full inbox. Pat Moriarty, however, had quite a bit more to contend with.

“I was on family holidays in France and I left for South Sudan. It was fine until the fighting started,” he summed up simply.