Family will finally get redress from Lost at Sea scheme
It signals an end to the long campaign by the family of Francis Byrne, a fishing boat owner who lost his life along with his 16-year-old son Jimmy in 1981
The European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has welcomed the government’s decision to finally pay out €245,000 to the family of two fishermen who were lost at sea.
It signals an end to the long campaign by the family of Francis Byrne, a fishing boat owner who lost his life along with his 16-year-old son Jimmy and three other crew, off the coast of Donegal in 1981.
The family was denied a grant under the ...
