'We’re still on strike' - Former Debenhams staff overwhelmingly reject Government deal

Former workers on picket line duty outside the Debenhams Store on Patrick Street, Cork. File Picture: Dan Linehan

Former Debenhams workers have voted down by a 91% majority a government deal which offered them a €3m training fund.

The landslide defeat of the “insulting” deal which offered workers no additional redundancy pay beyond their statutory entitlement, was announced this  afternoon.