'Lawful but preferably not': Debenhams, Clery's and the future of collective redundancies
Workers want the government to implement the findings of 2016 report.
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Workers want the government to implement the findings of 2016 report.
The famous department store was sold to Press Up.
Office space, shops and a hotel will be built on the site of the iconic former department store.
The windows look back at various decades throughout the history of Clerys, from the 1850s to the 1980s.
The building was once home to one of the capital’s most iconic department stores.
Clerys’ shutters came down for the final time on 12 June 2015 – and today a memorial was held for the store.
Some 460 people lost their jobs in collective redundancies, 130 off whom were directly employed by Clerys, when it closed its doors for the last time in June 2015.
A host of items from Howl at the Moon and the Residence Club are to be sold off.
460 people lost jobs, 130 of whom were directly employed by Clerys.
Criminal proceedings commenced at Dublin’s District Court today.
A deal was reached this week which will see the old building redeveloped.
The full details of the settlement are confidential.
The state was forced to pick up the €2 million tab for sacked workers’ redundancy entitlements.
Planning permission has been granted by Dublin City Council.
PJ Timmins was Clerys CEO when it went into receivership and was sold to US firm Gordon Bros in 2012.
Sinn Féin TD David Cullinane argues that political parties can work together to produce legislation on protecting workers’ rights.
The High Court today heard about a pack containing employee’s details that led to the inspection of D2 Private Ltd.
Clerys workers will hold a one-year anniversary protest at the store today.
The investigators entered the premises of D2 Private Ltd yesterday and seized a laptop and some records.
A review was announced today to try to stop a repeat of what happened to the 460 Clerys workers.
How much for a bag of toy soldiers?
Details of how businessmen and women working within Clery’s were paid were revealed in court today.
They want the government to change company law.
Retail experts say the development is great news for the department store – and for Dublin in general.
All that’s changed is the location.
The landmark store will close in January. Negotiations with unions are due to get under way.
400 people lost their jobs overnight when the store closed suddenly.
Financial accounts show the insurance payout was significantly higher than the damage had been valued at.
The Irish Parking Association said the restrictions could result in a 24% fall off in shopping and entertainment revenue.
The store operates 13 branches around the country.
The liquidation store was opened last week by a former Clerys concession holder.
The High Court officially ordered that OCS Operations Ltd be wound up today with no opposition to the application.
One reportedly wanted to turn it into Dublin’s answer to Bloomingdale’s.
Everyone was talking about the Clerys closure, tax havens and high flyers.
The shop’s new owners, Natrium, finally broke their silence on the matter this morning.
“It was definitely a contributory circumstance.”
Louise Hogan ran a successful business in the department store for 13 years.
The sale of Clerys with the loss of almost 500 jobs last week serves as an uncomfortable reminder of just how vulnerable workers are when a company ceases to exist.
He wants company law to be changed to protect workers from “rogue employers”.
Former Clerys workers struck a defiant tone at yesterday’s protest against job losses.