After over 406 days of picketing for a just redundancy settlement, former Debenhams workers put down their placards this week and are walking away with their “heads held high”.

A number of network technicians employed with the ESB are holding pickets outside a number of branches in both Cork city and county.

VALERIE CONLON, spokeswoman for former Debenhams workers on Patrick St, says she is proud of what the ex-employees have achieved since the retailer closed its doors in Ireland.

Debenhams workers in Cork and around the country are today marking one year since the company announced the closure of all its stories in Ireland.

FORMER Debenhams staff, locked in a long-running battle over redundancy, have expressed their concerns following reports that their personal belongings are to be removed from the Mahon Point store at some stage this week.

FORMER Debenhams workers have voted against proposals put to them by Labour Court chairperson Kevin Foley with 393 votes against the proposals and 37 in favour.

SIPTU representatives have confirmed the start of a nation-wide campaign of industrial action by members in Section 39 organisations resulting from a dispute involving the failure of the HSE to honour an agreement to restore the pay of these workers.

FORMER Debenhams workers met with Taoiseach Micheál Martin and general secretary of Mandate trade union Gerry Light today in their long-running battle over redundancy following the closure of 11 stores nationwide.

Former Debenhams staff, locked in a long-running battle over redundancy, have launched a campaign urging the public to boycott the department store’s website when buying Christmas presents this year. “Any money that’s made on Debenhams.

THE Taoiseach has rejected claims that schools will be disrupted after a threat of industrial action by a large cohort of secondary school teachers.

Former Debenhams workers have thanked the people and businesses of Cork for their support during this week’s sit-in in the Patrick’s Street store.

LATEST: Cork North Central Solidarity TD Mick Barry commended the efforts of the former Debenhams workers who have staged a sit-in. "Every supporter of workers' rights in the land will applaud the action that the Debenhams workers have taken.

Debenhams workers protested in Cork today, as they continue their fight for an improved redundancy package from from the company.

Update:No stock has left the Debenhams premises on Patrick's Street following a blockade by staff. Staff had stopped two vehicles loaded with concession stock from exiting the service yard. However, the incident has now been resolved.

Cork TD Mick Barry is among those calling on the Government to appeal a High Court ruling which could open the door to pay cuts for 120,000 construction workers.

Update: Staff at Debenhams's Patrick's Street store in Cork have stood down their protest outside the service yard, which had been ongoing since lunchtime today.

DEBENHAMS staff in Ireland are being balloted this week for possible strike action. Ballots will be counted on Friday afternoon, following protests outside all eleven Irish stores, including on Patrick’s Street and at Mahon Point Shopping Centre.

FURTHER strike action is inevitable unless the HSE engage meaningfully with Section 39 workers, it has been warned. Hundreds of staff in state-funded organisations across Cork took part in a strike on Friday morning in a dispute over pay restoration.

HUNDREDS of staff in state-funded organisations across Cork have gone on strike this morning in a dispute over pay restoration.

Southdoc and Saint Vincent De Paul are two of a number of Cork services and facilities that could be affected by strike action in the coming weeks, as SIPTU announce they are preparing to ballot members of some Section 39 organisations for strike ...

PROTESTS are to take place tomorrow at around ten embassies across the globe in support of ambulance staff here in Ireland.

AMBULANCE crews from across Cork and Ireland are to protest outside the Dail next week as a dispute with the HSE escalates.

Ambulance crews across Cork and Ireland are to enter into a 24-hour strike this Friday as a dispute with the HSE escalates.

Further strikes from healthcare support workers across Cork and Ireland depend on the outcome of Labour Court talks scheduled for Monday, July 22.

COMMUNITY employment (CE) scheme supervisors are to take industrial action from next Monday over their pension arrangements.

THE executive council of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is to meet today after the Labour Court adjourned yesterday until Monday.

The Government’s attempts to alter the Labour Court recommendations set out to resolve the nursing dispute were rejected by Cork nurses and midwives and rightly so, according to union representative Liam Conway.

AMBULANCE staff in Cork are set to strike again this week after the HSE failed to address union concerns.

A one day strike by community employment (CE) supervisors and assistant supervisors took place in Cork and across Ireland today. The industrial action follows a 10-year dispute over pensions.

Ambulance crew on strike across Cork and Ireland were forced to do so by the actions of the HSE, according to the Psychiatric Nurses Association.

TWO planned strikes by Siptu members working at Pfizer plants in Ringaskiddy and Little Island, the first of which was due to take place tomorrow, have been deferred.

URGENT cases could become emergency illnesses unless further strike action from nurses and midwives is avoided, a Cork consultant has warned.

PATIENTS are being used as pawns by the government who are trying to turn the public against nurses and midwives on strike, it has been claimed.

NURSES and midwives say they are “riled up and ready for more strike action” following threats from the Government that planned salary rises and pension increases under the existing pay deal could be frozen for taking part in strikes.

SIPTU members working in the Pfizer pharmaceutical plants in Ringaskiddy and Little Island have served notice of industrial action in a dispute over their pensions.

Threats of further strike action and disruption Darragh Bermingham Nurses and midwives in Cork have said further strike action and disruption to the health service is inevitable unless the government step in and address their concerns.

Patients at Cork University Hospital have described the conditions during the nursing and midwifery strike as critical but say they support the action.

Cork nurses and midwives were left with no choice but to strike after being ignored by the government and the HSE in their pursuit of fair pay and better working conditions.

SIPTU and NBRU members at Iarnród Éireann have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action in a dispute over pay. SIPTU, which represents 1,900 workers at the company, voted by 84% in favour of industrial action.

CORK bus drivers are preparing to take to the picket lines while the threat of industrial action in schools has also been raised.  Union officials in Cork have warned that proposals from Bus Éireann to cut worker's terms will 'never be acceptable.

DETAILS of wide-scale industrial action by Bus Eireann workers is set to be announced tomorrow.