McGrath to visit Vita Cortex workers

Former Republic of Ireland soccer star Paul McGrath is due to visit the workers of the Vita Cortex plant in Cork today, to pledge his support.

He is the latest in a string of celebrities to publicly back the worker's cause.

Earlier this week, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and singer Christy Moore also voiced their support.

The 32 staff at the foam manufacturing plant in Ballyphehane have been staging a sit-in protest for more than two months now in an effort to secure 2.9 weeks in redundancy pay for each year of service, which they are owed by the company.