An Irish fruit company has come under fire after it chartered a flight from Bulgaria carrying dozens of strawberry pickers during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Read More Coronavirus Ireland Other questioned why Irish workers who lost their jobs due to the global pandemic could not have been offered the roles. "These workers have all clearly traveled more than the 2kms from their home and while the work they carry out may be deemed to be essential, I do not believe that it was essential during this crisis to move such a large number of people more than 2km and across the continent.
Keelings released a statement this evening confirming that the company had flown in the seasonal staff and that they would "not be asked to work without a full 14 days restricted movement". "Across our entire business we have also worked tirelessly to implement the HSE and Government guidelines to ensure we are protecting the health of all of our people.
Are strawberries an essential food
I'm an Irish landscaper out of work due to virus and I could of done with a few weeks work while this was all happening. They can work away while I'm locked up, don't understand it
The Irish are too posh to pick.
careyjonny2 We love fresh succulent strawberries!
Brits celebrate their.
Rightly so. Large businesses should be paying a decent wage to encourage currently unemployed Irish people to do the work, rather than flying in cheap foreign labour.