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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[TheJournal.ie]]></title>
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<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Vita Cortex workers meet with Noam Chomsky in Cork]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/noam-chomsky-vita-cortex-857477-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:df76cfdb-6247-9356-0821-fd03e7a01002</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/noam-chomsky-vita-cortex-857477-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[During their protest last year, Chomsky send workers messages of support commending them for their “courageous and honourable actions”]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Strike" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="UCC" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="University College Cork" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Vita Cortex" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Workers" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Workers to end sit-in at Athboy hotel today]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/athboy-darnley-sit-in-ends-823038-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a03ba4f5-b70a-3c53-835e-f3cb2a454112</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/athboy-darnley-sit-in-ends-823038-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/athboy-darnley-sit-in-ends-823038-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[SIPTU workers at the Old Darnley Lodge hotel in Athboy will leave this morning, after securing their redundancy entitlements.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Meath" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Old Darnley Lodge" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Sit-ins at HMV stores in Limerick end as staff expect payment next week]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/hmv-limerick-cork-tallaght-sit-in-761746-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:def7d8aa-b986-4914-ba84-8047efcf1a8d</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hmv-limerick-cork-tallaght-sit-in-761746-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hmv-limerick-cork-tallaght-sit-in-761746-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Protests at other HMV stores in Cork and Tallaght are also expected to end as the receiver has reportedly given written assurances that staff will be paid outstanding wages. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cork" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Crescent Shopping Centre" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cruise Street" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dublin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="HMV" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Protest" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="sit ins" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-in protest" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Tallaght" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Deloitte representatives to discuss payment with HMV staff ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/deloitte-hmv-staff-757900-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9c3e41e7-d5f3-bb95-e466-23740b7f8f1d</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/deloitte-hmv-staff-757900-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/deloitte-hmv-staff-757900-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Staff at two stores in Limerick are currently staging a sit-in over uncertainty about payment of their wages this month.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Administration" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Crescent Shopping Centre" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="cruise's street" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Deloitte" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="HMV" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Limerick" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Protest" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Receivership" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The 9 at 9: Thursday]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/the-9-at-9-thursday-93-757498-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1d68366b-a491-2ffe-f9dd-37b0b103256b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-9-at-9-thursday-93-757498-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-9-at-9-thursday-93-757498-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Airplanes" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Algeria" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="bills" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="dreamliners" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="HMV" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Horse Meat" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Hostage" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ned Kelly" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Nurses" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[HMV staff in Limerick stage sit-in over wages]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/hmv-limerick-sit-in-protest-757395-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:67f3af35-002e-f3c8-70b1-1dcda419d14b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hmv-limerick-sit-in-protest-757395-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/hmv-limerick-sit-in-protest-757395-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The staff are currently in negotiations with representatives from Deloitte Ireland, the company which was earlier named as the receiver to HMV Ireland.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Administration" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Crescent Shopping Centre" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Deloitte Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="HMV" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="hmv ireland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Limerick" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Receivership" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Staff Sit-in" />
<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Six students arrested after sit-in at Taoiseach’s constituency office]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/six-students-arrested-after-sit-in-in-taoiseach%e2%80%99s-constituency-office-712601-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c751fa6a-e951-bb75-4156-2ae63a244c45</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/six-students-arrested-after-sit-in-in-taoiseach%e2%80%99s-constituency-office-712601-Dec2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/six-students-arrested-after-sit-in-in-taoiseach%e2%80%99s-constituency-office-712601-Dec2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The students were protesting over the qualifying income threshold for the student maintenance grant being raised by 3 per cent.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Budget" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Budget Cuts" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Enda Kenny" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="GMIT" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="NUIG" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="occupy enda" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Student Union President" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Target Express workers end sit-in after meeting liquidator, department]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/target-express-sit-in-579171-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:027ee697-e300-710e-83a0-f09e89b53998</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/target-express-sit-in-579171-Aug2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/target-express-sit-in-579171-Aug2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Junior minister Seán Sherlock has pledged funds from the state insolvency fund to support the workers’ redundancy payments. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2012/08/target-express-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cease trading" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Closure" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Department of Jobs Enterprise and Employment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Department of Social Protection" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Job Losses" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jobs" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Liquidation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Protest" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Revenue Commissioners" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="sean sherlock TD" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Strike" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Target Express" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Wages" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Workers" />
<author><name>Susan Ryan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/susan-ryan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Provisional liquidator appointed to Target Express]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/provisional-liquidator-appointed-to-target-express-577775-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:daca8daa-ea79-0bba-b654-c264d3919977</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/provisional-liquidator-appointed-to-target-express-577775-Aug2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/provisional-liquidator-appointed-to-target-express-577775-Aug2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Workers are continuing to hold sit-ins to demand money they are owed by the company. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="ASDA Property Holdings" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="College Freight Republic of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cork" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="f Grant Thornton" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="haulage company" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael McAteer" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Steve Tennant" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Target Express" />
<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-wade/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Target Express workers say they will not leave premises until they get paid]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/target-express-sit-in-cork-revenue-576656-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c7f954c3-42de-6f6e-6069-0ea0ad7999df</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/target-express-sit-in-cork-revenue-576656-Aug2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/target-express-sit-in-cork-revenue-576656-Aug2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Ex-employees are holding a sit-in at the Cork depot with eight workers spending the night there. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2012/08/28082012-target-express-job-losses-scenes-at-t-4-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Carlow" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cork" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Galway" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Road Haulage Association" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Revenue" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Revenue Commissioners" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Seamus McBrien" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sean Lynch" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Target Express" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Tom Cullen" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[President to meet with former Vita Cortex workers ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/president-to-meet-with-former-vita-cortex-workers-523077-Jul2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e874cece-8d36-7dde-64fb-2ae82f9f9b25</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/president-to-meet-with-former-vita-cortex-workers-523077-Jul2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/president-to-meet-with-former-vita-cortex-workers-523077-Jul2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The former workers, who staged a 161  day sit-in at the Vita Cortex plant, are to meet the President at Áras an Uachtaráin today. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Áras An Uachtaráin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dispute" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael D Higgins" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="SIPTU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Trade Union" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Vita Cortex" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Vita Cortex workers" />
<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-wade/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Lagan Brick workers seek support from Dáil over redundancy pay dispute]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/lagan-brick-workers-seek-support-from-dail-over-redundancy-pay-dispute-511493-Jul2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:46ae2ef4-589a-7d9a-d301-c21c7214c1cf</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/lagan-brick-workers-seek-support-from-dail-over-redundancy-pay-dispute-511493-Jul2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/lagan-brick-workers-seek-support-from-dail-over-redundancy-pay-dispute-511493-Jul2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The 25 men have been engaged in a protest over redundancy packages since before Christmas last year. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Industrial Relations" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="John Regan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Lagan Brick" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Payments" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Redundancy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[How the Vita Cortex workers held on for 139 days (and why Twitter mattered)]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/how-the-vita-cortex-workers-held-on-for-139-days-and-why-twitter-mattered-441976-May2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0f9b9fa9-612d-82cb-eac1-0ddfbe10ef5e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/how-the-vita-cortex-workers-held-on-for-139-days-and-why-twitter-mattered-441976-May2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/how-the-vita-cortex-workers-held-on-for-139-days-and-why-twitter-mattered-441976-May2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The 32 Vita Cortex employees took turns working 8 hour shifts at their former employer until a negotiation was reached. Kevin Curran finds out how they did it. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2012/05/vita-cortex-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cork" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dispute" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mediation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Protest" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Settlement" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Vita Cortex" />
<author><name>Kevin Curran </name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/kevin-curran-/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Vita Cortex sit-in ends as workers agree settlement]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/vita-cortex-dispute-ends-437959-May2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:48e3f159-39f5-f63d-c00a-0f909d18b44e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/vita-cortex-dispute-ends-437959-May2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/vita-cortex-dispute-ends-437959-May2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The former employees will soon be on their way home after voting to accept new proposals from management.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Protest" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="SIPTU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Vita Cortex" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Vita Cortex workers" />
<author><name>Michael Freeman</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michael-freeman/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Photos: Staff at Game stores remain in limbo as sit-in continues]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/photos-staff-at-game-stores-remain-in-limbo-as-sit-in-continues-407346-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6d71b9c9-9b71-73fd-ee43-49f77d6de445</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/photos-staff-at-game-stores-remain-in-limbo-as-sit-in-continues-407346-Apr2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/photos-staff-at-game-stores-remain-in-limbo-as-sit-in-continues-407346-Apr2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Staff at the 11 Game stores around the country have been holding sit-ins in a dispute over redundancy payments. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="chain store" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Employment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="game" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jobs" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Protest" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="PwC" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Redundancy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Census and celsius: the week in statistics]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/census-and-celsius-the-week-in-statistics-403028-Mar2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3aef6d64-a81b-c848-5421-705e77391211</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/census-and-celsius-the-week-in-statistics-403028-Mar2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/census-and-celsius-the-week-in-statistics-403028-Mar2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[How many of us are there in Ireland? How hot was it here last week? And how much is Will Ferrell’s next film going to make?]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Census 2011" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Eircom" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="fiscal compact" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="game" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="In Numbers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Life" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Life &amp; Permanent" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mad Men" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael Noonan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Pasty" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Petrol" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Promissory notes" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Property" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Referendum" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="temperature" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Weather" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Katie Taylor to meet Vita Cortex workers]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/katie-taylor-to-meet-vita-cortex-workers-400422-Mar2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:53020fc1-ea9f-e336-0a09-634b18f96a69</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/katie-taylor-to-meet-vita-cortex-workers-400422-Mar2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/katie-taylor-to-meet-vita-cortex-workers-400422-Mar2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[More than 100 days into their protest, the Vita Cortex workers have gained the support of another high profile figure. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2012/03/inpho_00584612-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Katie Taylor" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Redundancy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="The fight" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Vita Cortex" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The Daily Fix: Wednesday]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/the-daily-fix-wednesday-47-399604-Mar2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3d369076-fcea-1baa-9dac-832670f5d4fd</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-daily-fix-wednesday-47-399604-Mar2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-daily-fix-wednesday-47-399604-Mar2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as any of the bits and pieces you may have missed. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2012/03/weather-9881-copy-630x332.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Circus" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cork" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="CSO" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Daily Fix" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Elephant" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurovision" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Fianna Fáil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="game" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Household charge" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="IL&amp;P" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Life" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mahon" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Recession" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="San Marino" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="search warrants" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="sunny" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Weather" />
<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[“We’re resolute and ready to fight” – Game staff hold sit-ins around the country]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/were-resolute-and-ready-to-fight-game-staff-hold-sit-ins-around-the-country-399255-Mar2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b95d06e3-e599-bb66-6c87-75b044f8c591</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/were-resolute-and-ready-to-fight-game-staff-hold-sit-ins-around-the-country-399255-Mar2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/were-resolute-and-ready-to-fight-game-staff-hold-sit-ins-around-the-country-399255-Mar2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Around 110 staff are holding sit-ins at eleven stores after the company said it was closing all its branches in Ireland – but would not be paying redundancy. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2012/03/game-5266-copy-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="computer games" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cork" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dublin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="game" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jobs" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Monaghan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Protest" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Redundancy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Workers" />
<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The 9 at 9: Saturday]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/the-9-at-9-saturday-67-394990-Mar2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9f6d4974-5724-5b55-dbe6-671c452852d8</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-9-at-9-saturday-67-394990-Mar2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-9-at-9-saturday-67-394990-Mar2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Nine things to know this morning…]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2012/03/9lego-Oscar-Ray-Tuohy-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="9 at 9" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Amadou Toumani Toure" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Assault" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Barack Obama" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bertie Ahern" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="China" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Co. Cavan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="coup" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Coup d'etat" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Courts" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Egypt" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Frank Dunlop" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="German Gorbuntsov" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Kofi Annan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mahon Tribunal" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mali" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="military coup" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mullagh" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Port Said" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="President Obama" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Protest" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Redundancy pay" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Rick Santorum" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Russian Banker" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Shooting" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Soccer Riot" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Strike" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Syria" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="US 2012" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="us presidential election" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Vita Cortex" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="White House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Workers" />
<author><name>Susan Ryan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/susan-ryan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Vita Cortex workers set for talks at Labour Relations Commission]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/vita-cortex-workers-set-for-talks-at-labour-relations-commission-382565-Mar2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c2e1cb16-734a-5fe5-cca2-10cd4ec026df</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/vita-cortex-workers-set-for-talks-at-labour-relations-commission-382565-Mar2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/vita-cortex-workers-set-for-talks-at-labour-relations-commission-382565-Mar2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Representatives of the 32 staff – whose sit-in enters its 90th day today – will attend talks at the LRC beginning today. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cork" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dispute" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="edundancy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="IBEC" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="kinsale road" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Labour Relations Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="LRC" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Protest" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Redundancy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="SIPTU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Vita Cortex" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[SIPTU rejects ‘derisory’ offer for Vita Cortex workers]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/siptu-rejects-derisory-offer-for-vita-cortex-workers-370127-Mar2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:fffc8855-167b-2a26-d823-09eb97ca8a53</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/siptu-rejects-derisory-offer-for-vita-cortex-workers-370127-Mar2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/siptu-rejects-derisory-offer-for-vita-cortex-workers-370127-Mar2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The union said that the amount offered in redundancy payments was an insult to the workers who have been occupying the factory since December. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cork" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dispute" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="edundancy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="IBEC" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Protest" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="SIPTU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Vita Cortex" />
<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Alex Ferguson lends support to Vita Cortex workers’ strike]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/alex-ferguson-lends-support-to-vita-cortex-workers-strike-354620-Feb2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4b662678-6912-7291-857e-6b6b56c27de8</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/alex-ferguson-lends-support-to-vita-cortex-workers-strike-354620-Feb2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/alex-ferguson-lends-support-to-vita-cortex-workers-strike-354620-Feb2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Man Utd manager phoned workers staging a sit-in over redundancy pay to support their efforts.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2012/02/PA-12645867-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Laid Off" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Manchester United" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Redundancy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Strike" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Vita Cortex" />
<author><name>Susan Ryan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/susan-ryan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Investigate the Vita Cortex accounts, TD tells watchdog]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/investigate-the-vita-cortex-accounts-td-tells-watchdog-349609-Feb2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0bb7a9c0-9ffc-266d-edba-f1731630568e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/investigate-the-vita-cortex-accounts-td-tells-watchdog-349609-Feb2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/investigate-the-vita-cortex-accounts-td-tells-watchdog-349609-Feb2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Labour TD Ciarán Lynch has asked the Director of Corporate Enforcement to examine the accounts of the firm which says it cannot pay statutory redundancy to its 32 former employees. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2012/02/vita-cortex-2314-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Director of Corporate Enforcement" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Employment rights" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="irish news" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Labour" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Paul Appleby" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Payments" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Politics" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Protest" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Redundancy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="TD" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Vita Cortex" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Work" />
<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[‘No resolution’ after Vita Cortex workers meet with management]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/no-resolution-after-vita-cortex-workers-meet-with-management-333517-Jan2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c56fcd4e-f13a-0812-41cc-c0fbea94f30f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/no-resolution-after-vita-cortex-workers-meet-with-management-333517-Jan2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/no-resolution-after-vita-cortex-workers-meet-with-management-333517-Jan2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Marathon talks between the two sides at the LRC ended last night without any agreement, the striking workers have said.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cork" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="NAMA" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Noam Chomsky" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Redundancy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Statutory redundancy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Vita Cortex" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Vita Cortex workers" />
<author><name>Michael Freeman</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michael-freeman/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[La Senza sit-in ends as KPMG agrees to pay up]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/la-senza-sit-in-ends-as-kpmg-agrees-to-pay-up-327780-Jan2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:10d40f87-7ec5-3f7b-9f19-34705e029bee</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/la-senza-sit-in-ends-as-kpmg-agrees-to-pay-up-327780-Jan2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/la-senza-sit-in-ends-as-kpmg-agrees-to-pay-up-327780-Jan2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The sit-in at the Liffey Valley branch of the lingerie chain ends after five days, with workers told they will get their wages.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[“We’re not going down without a fight” – employees occupy La Senza]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/were-not-going-down-without-a-fight-employees-occupy-la-senza-324821-Jan2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:96671e04-5090-fb0b-c91f-7ec95332fb3a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/were-not-going-down-without-a-fight-employees-occupy-la-senza-324821-Jan2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/were-not-going-down-without-a-fight-employees-occupy-la-senza-324821-Jan2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[25 workers from the lingerie store are holding a sit-in in the Liffey Valley branch of La Senza saying they are owed wages. Trade union officials will meet with the administrators tomorrow to address the employee concerns. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Vita Cortex owner ‘can’t move money’ to pay for redundancies]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/vita-cortex-owner-cant-move-money-to-pay-for-redundancies-320913-Jan2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:08901b6a-b0c4-6bf5-4acd-6d4ec698bf5c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/vita-cortex-owner-cant-move-money-to-pay-for-redundancies-320913-Jan2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/vita-cortex-owner-cant-move-money-to-pay-for-redundancies-320913-Jan2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Jack Ronan says he cannot move cash between his companies to meet the redundancy requirements of Vita Cortex staff.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Government" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Labour Relations Commission" />
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[TEEU in solidarity visit to Vita Cortex workers]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/teeu-in-solidarity-visit-to-vita-cortex-workers-320401-Jan2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3c4a0408-d768-1cf1-2ef4-c9f5adcb1daf</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/teeu-in-solidarity-visit-to-vita-cortex-workers-320401-Jan2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/teeu-in-solidarity-visit-to-vita-cortex-workers-320401-Jan2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The sit-in by the plant’s 32 former workers continues into its 21st day but SIPTU has said its members are ready to talk – if the company is. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Entitlements" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Redundancy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Richard Bruton" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sit-In" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="TEEU" />
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<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Vita Cortex workers to ‘escalate’ protests after two-week sit-in]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/vita-cortex-workers-to-escalate-protests-after-two-week-sit-in-316942-Dec2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3cbeb85f-7c2a-9835-2012-e7cd40a2cd36</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/vita-cortex-workers-to-escalate-protests-after-two-week-sit-in-316942-Dec2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/vita-cortex-workers-to-escalate-protests-after-two-week-sit-in-316942-Dec2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The laid-off employees will begin protesting at Government buildings and Nama, their union said.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Gerry McCormack" />
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<author><name>Michael Freeman</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michael-freeman/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The 5 at 5: Tuesday]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/the-5-at-5-tuesday-9-314734-Dec2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7c33cdd7-d3ed-1816-3ef5-4cfd93812ec9</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-5-at-5-tuesday-9-314734-Dec2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-5-at-5-tuesday-9-314734-Dec2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Russia" />
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<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Vita Cortex sit-in enters its tenth day – with no end in sight]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/vita-cortex-sit-in-enters-its-tenth-day-with-no-end-in-sight-314763-Dec2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e7ed82f7-7af1-992d-6e69-8b0aba6be12f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/vita-cortex-sit-in-enters-its-tenth-day-with-no-end-in-sight-314763-Dec2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/vita-cortex-sit-in-enters-its-tenth-day-with-no-end-in-sight-314763-Dec2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A SIPTU delegation visited the 32 workers today, who are fighting to get redundancy payments from the company. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Workers' Rights" />
<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The 9 at 9: St Stephen’s Day]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/the-9-at-9-st-stephens-day-314014-Dec2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c7edb37d-3451-5595-1a5e-78d1ba70c6c5</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-9-at-9-st-stephens-day-314014-Dec2011/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Nine things to know this St Stephen’s Day morning…]]></summary>
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<author><name>Susan Ryan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/susan-ryan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Shebeen Chic staff to stage ‘lock-in’ protest over closure]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/shebeen-chic-staff-to-stage-lock-in-protest-over-closure-245175-Oct2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9cb6de4e-c89f-258e-0503-e0fb01a2cc9e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/shebeen-chic-staff-to-stage-lock-in-protest-over-closure-245175-Oct2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/shebeen-chic-staff-to-stage-lock-in-protest-over-closure-245175-Oct2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Staff at the George’s St pub are to keep their regular opening hours but sleep, shower and eat in the premises in order to prevent it being closed before 31 January. A high court eviction order has been served on the tenants. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jay Bourke" />
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<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Roscommon sit-in comes to an end]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/roscommon-sit-in-comes-to-an-end-197114-Aug2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a3ad13e5-fdac-d57f-ff16-70b37e7dde3e</id>
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<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/roscommon-sit-in-comes-to-an-end-197114-Aug2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A group of 20 people stayed overnight at the hospital’s Urgent Care Centre to ensure it did not close.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Roscommon County Hospital" />
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<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Sit-in underway at Roscommon County Hospital ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/sit-in-underway-at-roscommon-county-hospital-196475-Aug2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b1fb5c5a-7d93-ada6-b2b7-89c4186beb3f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/sit-in-underway-at-roscommon-county-hospital-196475-Aug2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/sit-in-underway-at-roscommon-county-hospital-196475-Aug2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Protesters say they will continue the sit-in into the night as the urgent care facility at the hospital closes its doors. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Health" />
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<author><name>Emer McLysaght</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/emer-mclysaght/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Rostrevor House pays outstanding wages to all but one of its former staff]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/rostrevor-house-pays-outstanding-wages-to-all-but-one-of-its-former-staff-163254-Jun2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c347eaa9-bbed-3914-05de-7103aad4a1c2</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/rostrevor-house-pays-outstanding-wages-to-all-but-one-of-its-former-staff-163254-Jun2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/rostrevor-house-pays-outstanding-wages-to-all-but-one-of-its-former-staff-163254-Jun2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-19T16:51:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[13 of the 14 employees who were due an average of €4,000 each get their money – the other one is the whistleblower.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2011/06/rostrevor-230x150.jpg" />
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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