Ex-Debenhams workers still have not received training fund

Mandate trade union had negotiated a redundancy package for Debenhams staff four years ago which included four weeks pay per year of service. This agreement was not honoured by the company. Pictured are ex-workers walking away from Cork's closed Debenhams store in May after discarding their posters. File photo: Andy Gibson

A €3 million training fund which was promised to settle the Debenhams dispute has yet to be delivered with ex-workers now looking in danger of missing out on courses due to get underway this autumn.

When Debenhams shut its Irish branches just before Easter of last year the company said it was "desperately sorry" to have to liquidate its business in this country.