Debenhams worker who stood on picket lines during pregnancy prepares to give birth

Claire O'Leary hopes that her baby, due to be delivered on Wednesday, will be born into a country with strengthened workers’ rights.

A pregnant Debenhams protester is due to have her ‘picket-line’ baby after pushing for an “equitable” end to the industrial dispute for the last seven months.

Claire O’Leary stopped trucks from removing stock from the Patrick Street store and organised the campaign’s social media for the last seven months.