Argos to close all stores in Ireland

Argos is to close all its outlets in Ireland, the Mandate Union has confirmed. 

There are over 30 Argos stores in Ireland. More than 400 workers in Argos stores across the Republic of Ireland will be impacted by the closure.

The union says it will engage intensively to get best possible deal for workers being made redundant

The Mandate Trade Union has this morning expressed its disappointment at Argos’s decision to close all of its outlets in Ireland.

Mandate official, Michael Meegan, said that the union will be engaging intensively with the company to get the best possible deal for the workers who are being made redundant.

“Today is a difficult one for Argos’s staff here in Ireland as they get the news that the company will be closing down here. Because Argos is shutting down its complete operation in Ireland this amounts to a collective redundancy which requires a 30-day consultation period and we know the company intends to honour that obligation to engage," he said. 

"We will be using this period to negotiate the best possible terms for those who are losing their jobs and we are expecting a constructive response from the company,” Michael Meegan concluded.