Retail workers must not become 'collateral damage' in this crisis

The Government cannot allow retail workers to become "the collateral damage of this crisis", the Dáil heard, as TDs blasted Debenhams over its decision to make hundreds of its Irish employees redundant. Cork North Central TDs Thomas Gould and Mick Barry blasted Debenhams’’ treatment of its workers across the country, which include 958 directly employed and a further 300 in concessions.

Protests have taken place in Cork, Kerry and Dublin, while observing social distancing rules in two of the counties affected.