In 2015, The Guardian published a year-long investigation into employment practices in the Irish fishing industry, detailing how “trafficked migrant workers” were “abused in the Irish fishing industry”, with African and Asian workers used as “cheap labour on Irish fishing trawlers”. It was, by any standards, an explosive story on a major industry in Ireland’s coastal economy. Published around the world, it caught international attention and was discussed by policymakers and officials. Five years later, the fallout continues in the courts. However, the subject of action is two of the fishermen named in the story – Pat O’Mahony and Leonard…

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