The Highway 6 have pleaded with the filling station landlord to help end their week-old sit-in after securing a major breakthrough yesterday.

The ‘Highway 6’ have defied a stark legal warning to end their sit-in and vowed last night to continue their protest.

Scores of well-wishers have been visiting a petrol station in Cork to show solidarity with members of staff who have mounted a sit-in to get their outstanding wages, sick pay, and other entitlements.

Staff at the Texoil/Texaco filling station at Ballyvolane, Cork are refusing to leave the premises until they receive all wage payments owed to them.