Criminal proceedings have commenced over the handling of collective redundancies at Clerys department store.

Former Clerys workers have said a “goodwill payment” by investors who bought the store will be like Christmas for employees who lost their jobs.

Former Clerys workers have said a "goodwill payment" by investors who bought the store will be like Christmas for employees who lost their jobs.

13 years on and three acquaintances are in the running for TG4 Ladies Football All-Star Awards at the Citywest Hotel tonight.

D2 Private and its owner, Deirdre Foley, must pay the legal costs of their failed challenge against the powers of inspectors conducting an investigation into the collective redundancies at Clerys, the High Court has ruled.

A decision by inspectors investigating the collective redundancies of 460 Clerys’ workers to enter the offices of D2 Private Ltd was made legitimately and in the public interest following the “traumatic” redundancies, the High Court has been told.

A ‘directors’pack’ containing financial details about the iconic Clerys department store and its workforce was one of the reasons why inspectors sought documents at the offices of a Dublin-based property company, the High Court has heard.

The iconic Clerys department store was purchased following a number of secret meetings as part of a plan called ‘Project Clock’, the High Court has heard.

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.

The business woman at the centre of the controversial closure of iconic Dublin store, Clery’s, last year made €350,000 in a property deal with her own firm.

IF the Greek crisis shows international capitalism in its very worst light then the scandalous treatment of Clerys workers by that company’s new owners is a perfect example of the abuse of financial power at a domestic level. Yesterday the High Court confirmed the appointment of joint liquidators to the company which once operated Clerys.

So the deal is to pay workers less to work in an insecure environment, writes Michael Clifford

Goalkeeper Linda Martin was among the goalscorers as Monaghan made it five wins from five outings in Division 1 of the Ladies NFL yesterday.

The High Court has struck off a Cork-based solicitor found by the Law Society’s disciplinary tribunal to have improperly used client monies to fund her property portfolio.

The face: Jade Thompson, freshly crowned winner of Britain and Ireland’s next top model

AN interim order was made at the High Court last night restraining a partner in a Cork firm of solicitors from carrying on as a solicitor in the firm or carrying out any transaction with the company’s bank accounts.

More men than women have lost their jobs during the downturn, particularly in the construction sector – and please let no one pretend that working on the sites in all weathers is somehow easier than cleaning the Dáil, especially when men are more likely to lose their lives at work and have lower life expectancy

HISTORIAN Kieran McCarthy could be shaping Cork city’s future if he is, as predicted, in the final shake-up for the extra new seat in the city’s largest ward.

SO you’ve just bought property and you’re beginning to dream up lavish interiors for your first home. But surprise, surprise you find your budget just won’t let you go there right now.