{"id":364476,"date":"2026-03-02T21:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/364476\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T21:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:09:09","slug":"donegal-firm-moves-employees-from-high-risk-areas-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/364476\/","title":{"rendered":"Donegal firm moves employees from high-risk areas in the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A tunnelling company founded by a Donegal businessman has confirmed it is relocating staff to safer accommodation amid ongoing unrest in the Middle East.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joseph Gallagher Limited, which is currently delivering microtunnelling infrastructure projects in Bahrain and elsewhere in the region, said it has taken precautionary measures to protect employees.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the contracting company said: \u201cWe have taken action to move our people in the Middle East, and particularly in Bahrain, to accommodation away from areas that appear to be at greatest risk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur people\u2019s dedication in these challenging conditions has been remarkable. Their safety is our primary concern and will remain so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The firm added that while it hopes tensions ease quickly, it will continue to adapt as required while maintaining work commitments as far as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Gallagher praised the commitment of its employees during challenging conditions and said: \u201cIt is a source of great pride to the business to be able to call every one of you part of our Gallagher Team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1982 by former tunnel tiger Josie Gallagher from Arranmore Island, the company is now a leader in civil engineering and tunnelling in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>It has operated internationally for more than a decade, with projects across Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman.<\/p>\n<p>Donegal firm moves employees from high-risk areas in the Middle East was last modified:  March 2nd, 2026 by Staff Writer<\/p>\n<p>      Tags:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A tunnelling company founded by a Donegal businessman has confirmed it is relocating staff to safer accommodation amid&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[84784,9,10,13,14,6,169456,169457,11,12,15,16,8820,5,7,8,65,66,67],"class_list":{"0":"post-364476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-bahrain","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-breakingnews","11":"tag-featured-news","12":"tag-featurednews","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-joseph-gallagher-limited","15":"tag-josie-gallagher","16":"tag-latest-news","17":"tag-latestnews","18":"tag-main-news","19":"tag-mainnews","20":"tag-middle-east","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-top-stories","23":"tag-topstories","24":"tag-world","25":"tag-world-news","26":"tag-worldnews"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116161633620109727","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}