Over 200 Irish retail jobs were lost today after a liquidator was appointed to the Irish subsidiary of fashion chain Principles.

ONE of the country’s leading trade unions has called for substantial flat rate pay increases for low-pay workers as new research shows 30% of retail workers are earning less than €10 per hour.

PENNEYS is expected to be announced within the next few days as the new anchor tenant of a Cork shopping centre as 172 staff of the old tenant, Roches Stores, are due to collect their redundancies.

A UNION has accused HMV of compiling information on prospective employees which could lead to discrimination against them on the grounds of race.