Galway Bay fm newsroom - Indie rock band Two Door Cinema Club has called for compassion and empathy after the group revealed the stowaways located at Fisheries Field last week were discovered in their truck.
The popular Northern Irish band played the Big Top last Friday (26/07) as part of this year's Galway International Arts Festival offering.
The popular Northern Irish band says the three young men - two aged 16 and one aged 20 - were located in a spare tyre compartment in the undercarriage the vehicle.
It's understood the truck had arrived from France carrying band equipment.
In a series of recent tweets on Twitter, the group says it's relieved the 3 young men are alive and well but their struggle doesn't end now.
The group added that there is so much hate directed towards asylum seekers and we need more compassion and empathy.
One of the final tweets stated that the band hoped the three would be accepted by 'the awesome people of Galway'.
The Garda National Immigration Bureau has been notified and is liaising with Interpol and police authorities in Sudan as part of the ongoing investigation.
