Staff to picket 4Home shops as talks fail

STAFF at two outlets of the 4Home DIY chain have served strike notice on the company over plans to make them redundant.

The 24 staff, members of the Mandate trade union, will picket the company’s stores from September 1.

The dispute follows an announcement by the Cork-headquartered company a fortnight ago that it was closing three stores, in New Square, Mitchelstown, and Patrick Street, Fermoy, in Co Cork, and Annacotty, Co Limerick, with the loss of 40 jobs.