The Dunnes Stores retail empire last year received a £250m (€284m) dividend from its main Northern Ireland based company.

Dunnes Stores staff have called on members of the public to join them and the wider trade union movement today as they march to the company’s head office in Dublin to demand fairer working conditions.

The Dunnes Stores worker - who was fired for wearing a trade union badge - says she is 'gobsmacked' that the retail giant is offering to reinstate her.

The Dunnes Stores supermarket chain has announced plans to create 200 jobs at a new department store in Shannon, Co Clare.