Workers will stand two metres apart outside the stores during protests they feel are necessary, given they are “fighting for their jobs, livelihoods and futures”.
The treatment of Debenhams workers has been condemned in a statement by SIPTU, representatives of whom have committed to challenging the manner in which a collective redundancy notice was served by the company. "At the meeting on Friday, 16 April, management outlined the sequence of events which led to the appointment of the liquidators to the company’s 11 stores in the Republic of Ireland.