Tesco injuncts Sinn Féin's Ellis over picket of Ballymun depot

The High Court has agreed to continue an injunction obtained by Tesco Ireland against Sinn Féin TD Dessie Ellis and several SIPTU members following what the supermarket chain alleges was an unlawful picket outside one of its depots.

The protest, the court heard, arises out a dispute involving SIPTU and Stobart Ireland Drivers Services Ltd, who are contracted by Tesco to distributes all of the products it keeps at depots at Ballymun and Donabate in Dublin.