KPMG was appointed joint provisional liquidator following Debenhams' decision to close 11 of it's Irish stores including two in Cork.
That's the message from over 30 Debenhams staff who are protesting outside KPMG's South Mall office in the city today, as the standoff between the former employees and Debenhams enters its 131st day.
Staff are demanding to be prioritised as creditors and say they will continue to blockade stores until they are given a previously agreed redundancy payment of four weeks pay for every year of service.
Gardaí are attending today's protest, which follows a similar demonstration by the former employees outside the Bank of Ireland on the South Mall in June to demand the bank, a shareholder and creditor of Debenhams, intervene in their dispute.
Madeline Whelan was a sales assistant at Debenhams Patrick Street store for 30 years.
She told RedFM News that staff have had enough:
