Taoiseach to be quizzed in the Dail today about efforts to secure a mediator to try resolve the Debenhams dispute
The company's Irish operation collapsed last April with the loss of around 1,000 jobs including 330 in Cork
Micheal Martin met a delegation of shop stewards and a union official last week in an attempt to resolve the seven and a half month long dispute.
At the meeting he promised to try to secure a mediator and to reconvene the meeting with the workers early this week to report back.
The company's Irish operation collapsed last April with the loss of around 1,000 jobs including 330 in Cork.
Cork Solidarity TD Mick Barry is to seek an update on the matter from the Taoiseach in the Dail at around lunchtime today
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