Protesting workers staging a sit-in at a Thomas Cook branch in Dublin vowed to continue their action for a third day today despite a High Court ruling ordering them to leave.

Angry Thomas Cook staff staged a sit-in at one of the company’s Irish branches today over redundancy terms following the early closure of the High Street operation in Ireland.

Staff at Thomas Cook in Dublin are refusing to leave its Grafton Street store in protest at the decision to close operations there ahead of schedule.

FUNDING is being sought from the Health Service Executive (HSE) to introduce a new hearing screening scheme for newborns, which experts claim will save millions of euro in health spending in the long term.