Probe may force migrant labour firm to pull out

A MULTINATIONAL construction firm at the centre of a migrant labour scandal could be forced to pull out of Ireland as a Government report into the controversy fails to clear the company.

Turkish building giant Gama has been under investigation by the Government's labour inspectorate since Socialist Party leader Joe Higgins last month accused the firm of "immigrant worker exploitation of massive proportions".

Speaking in the Dáil, Mr Higgins said: "This company imports workers who do not speak English from their home base, controls their passports and work permits, accommodates them often in company barracks, demands grotesque working hours and, incredibly, pays unskilled construction workers between €2 and €3 an hour."