AN IRISH NAVAL vessel rescued 149 migrants from a rubber craft in the Mediterranean Sea this morning.
The LÉ William Butler Yeats began its mission at 8.45am after a request from the Italian Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, and managed to transport all of the migrants onboard the vessel by 11.15am.
The craft was located 47 miles north-east of Tripoli, the capital city of Libya.
The people now aboard the Irish ship are receiving food, water and medical treatment as required.
The Irish ship was commissioned in October 2016 and, before today, had already rescued 109 refugees since it was deployed to the Mediterranean on 14 July.
The role of the LÉ William Butler Yeats is to provide a search and rescue capability in the area.
The ship is currently still in the area of operations and is awaiting further tasks, a statement from the Defence Forces said.
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We both work so qualify for nothing. If one of us didn’t work we would qualify but we wouldn’t need childcare as one of us would be at home with the kids.
@Sandra Turner: the system is all twisted .. no help out there for those couples who are working and trying to keep afloat. . The cost for child care is crazy and is taking a big chunk out of peoples income and yet those on social can ..
If you dont have a job why the hell cant you look after your kids during the day? Again another ar5e about face policy. Working people, struggling to pay for childcare, see their taxes go to pay for childcare for people who dont work.
So if you’re on the social , you can avail of the €145 to put your kids into a creche after school and have the day to yourself .. .. makes sense ..
€80 a month… that should cover a weeks worth of lunches anyway.
Tulsa are unable to look after Children at present and the Minister is giving them more children Minister are you giving Tulsa more staff if not this is a joke
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