Socialist Party member Ruth Coppinger outside the Dáil protesting with Debenhams workers. The state has left these workers high and dry, they've refused to intervene and stop the liquidation of the company. Three out of the 11 Debenhams stores in this state are profitable, it has €25 million worth of stock and has a profitable online store, all of which is being asset stripped by the parent company. The Socialist Party has raised the idea that the best way to defend these jobs is by bringing the

Minister of Education Helen McEntee said she ‘doesn’t want to see’ strikes and that secretaries and caretakers are opposed to strike action. The massive rally today proves the opposite is true — these vital workers are sick of being undervalued and mistreated. Everyone should support this strike starting Monday and enforce the pickets all around the country to ensure the demands of pension parity, sick pay and bereavement pay are won. | Socialist Party