It is one of the longest-running industrial disputes in the history of the State.  In the spring of 2020, just as the severity of the pandemic was emerging, employees at Debenhams were told that the British retailer was permanently shuttering its network of stores across Ireland.  The operation had been loss-making for several years. The pandemic made a bad situation worse.  The liquidation of the business gave rise to a series of employee protests and industrial relations disputes. The battle was also covered in a feature-length documentary, 406 Days: The Debenhams Picket Line. The dispute, however, is not yet over. …

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