Protesting Debenhams workers occupy store in Waterford in redundancy fight

Ex-Debenhams workers are occupying the store in City Square Shopping Centre, Waterford City

Ex-Debenhams workers have occupied the Waterford store this morning as they fight for better redundancy terms.

Armed with sleeping bags, hand sanitiser and toothpaste, five former Debenhams workers entered the closed Waterford store at 8am to occupy it until the industrial dispute is fairly resolved.

The former workers say the occupation was in response to liquidator KPMG's "dirty tactics" of recruiting non-unionised staff to remove stock from the picketed stores.