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Worker had Irish wife and four Irish children but no permit

Mon, Sep 14, 2026

A Brazilian man working at a Galway company assumed that, because he was married to an Irish woman and had four Irish children, he was entitled to work in the country without obtaining the necessary documentation.

However, when inspectors checked with the company where he was employed, they discovered there was no permit in place which allowed him to work.

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) brought a prosecution against Woodfarm Fencing Supplies, based in Ahascragh, at Ballinasloe District Court.

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