The owner of financier D2 Private Deirdre Foley was “directly involved in” the events, which immediately preceded the collective redundancies of 467 workers at Clery’s department store, inspectors investigating those redundancies have told the High Court.

A High Court challenge to powers used by inspectors investigating redundancies at Clerys Department Store has been given the go-ahead.

Directors of firms who act in the same manner as those behind the Clerys closure should be banned from occupying such positions for five years, according to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU).