Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has ordered a review of the rules around foreign workers after a fruit producer was criticised for flying almost 200 Bulgarians into Ireland to work on its farms.

The 189 workers flew into Dublin on a chartered aircraft on Monday to carry out seasonal work on Keelings fruit farms.

Following criticism, Keelings insisted the workers had all been medically screened before arrival...

[T]he Department of Health’s chief medical officer, Tony Holohan, said he was not comfortable with the idea of a company chartering a flight to bring in staff...

People Before Profit said in a statement that inspections of the Keelings facilities should take place “in order to ensure the workers are housed and working in conditions which will allow for social distancing and isolation if needed”...