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MARKS & SPENCER HAS announced plans to shed 950 jobs as part of a major restructuring of its UK operations.
Jobs at the retailer’s Irish stores are not affected by today’s announcement — which relates only to the UK business — a spokesperson for the company confirmed.
According to a statement on the group’s website, jobs will be shed across store management, property and head office roles as the group looks to accelerate its planned restructuring programme.
M&S was in the middle of a major revamp of its operations when the pandemic hit and in the last year, the group has closed down 54 UK stores in a bid to cut costs.
In May, in response to the pandemic, the group announced that it would accelerate its transformation with an initiative called ‘Never the Same Again’.
Commenting on today’s announcement, Sacha Berendji, director of retail, operations and property at M&S, said that the job cuts “reflect an important next step in our ‘Never the Same Again’ programme to accelerate our transformation and become a stronger, leaner and more resilient business.
“Through the crisis, we have seen how we can work faster and more flexibly by empowering store teams and it’s essential that we embed that way of working. Our priority now is to support all those affected through the consultation process and beyond.”
The announcement comes just a day after another UK fashion retailer, Ted Baker, announced that it plans to shed 500 jobs, more than a quarter of its UK workforce.
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It’s 2023 – why are people still considering voting for the Green Party??
@Alfie Breachnach: Because it’s 2023.
@Alfie Breachnach: because people have free will
@Liam23: Free will without intelligence is anarchy.
@James Carroll: Yeah look around. Our economies are not doing well because of extremist green rhetoric whilst the rest of the world is improving their prospects.
Let me guess, you think humanity is going to be wiped out unless we sacrifice our basic industries to chance the weather.
@Alfie Breachnach: Ireland’s economy is among the fastest growing economies in Europe. Your issue is with the cost of living and inflation.
@Christopher O’Brien: Ireland Inc. I truly believe is not a long term model. When push comes to shove and rakes of American investment leaves for yes protectionist reasons and also for anti-competitive green policies on employees, employers, consumers, commuters and other economic participants, we will look back at this time of ‘boom’ in ireland and wonder where our foresight was and why we don’t have any backup energy. . We should be exploiting out natural resources intelligently instead of importing from hostile foreign actors or from allies who are smarter than us re en every security.
Eamon Ryan is an extremist politician. Martin and to a slightly lesser extent Varadkar are also anti-common sense energy wise, but at least they’re not 100% ideologically driven by Greta Thunberg.
@Alfie Breachnach: I think you need to look up the definition of anarchy… it is neither free or lacking intelligence
@Alfie Breachnach: Eamon Ryan’s number 1 goal is literally to ensure Ireland avails of our natural resources to ensure sustainable energy for Ireland. But we are still reliant on foreign gas and oil and it is not a quick process to change. But he has announced offshore wind farms and solar projects. I wonder are you one of the people with a “No Solar” sign in your garden?
@Paul Ennis: But Paul, If that is the number 1 goal of the Green party, it needs to be tempered with some common sense. One of the very few tax increases during the budget was the carbon tax, a tax that had already been increased earlier in the year during the cost of living crisis. People do what they can as they can as far as the environment is concerned, but the big thing turning people against the Green movement is the Green party itself.
@Joe x: it’s true, for me and many I know the dislike of the Greens isn’t their aims it’s the how. Everything they suggest seems to involve increasing costs on the general publics everyday living or involve an alternative that isn’t viable to the bulk of people.
@Alfie Breachnach: Over the last 2 years, Varadkar & the government have brought in complicated legislation in relation to foreshore matters, which will facilitate a huge growth in offshore wind energy, or as you call it ” common sense energy”.
@Alfie Breachnach: stop eating crayons
@D Farrell: Do you really have faith in the Irish government and semi-state operations when it comes to replacing our energy consumption with offshore wind?
If the Irish government had a good track record of massive, cost effective infrastructure projects, I might support this transition. But unfortunately successive and current government parties are incapable of building anything. Children’s hospital will be over €2B. 2 basic tram lines for our largest city and no anywhere else. Inability to manage predictable flooding in prone places eg Middleton, fiber optic being promised for nationwide rollout in 2017 and in 2023 it’s not finished.
Every country has problems, not just Ireland: but I’ve been to 84 countries and our country is miles behind much poorer countries. Bizarre.
@Mary Toilet: back to your toilet Mary.
I bet SF isn’t thinking of carrying that lot through government of it can help it – just shows he will do anything to keep his nose in that trough
@Bong bong: SF will need either FG or FF, FG ruled themselves out, so they’re nonsense about change is an absolute load of ball ox, won’t be any change if FF and FG are involved
@Mary Toilet:
Change for the worse if SF/IRA involved.
@sammcalester@hotmail.co.uk:
Buckle up Shammy….peace achieved….ready to govern….suck it up!
Can Eamon Ryan explain why 130 plus electric buses have been parked up in Dublin for over a year because there was no charging points in place.
These electric buses cost €500,000 each…Ryan and FFG ministers fell over themselves for the photo opp when the buses arrived to great fanfare. The same politicians Eamon are now a year older and the buses are a year older also..Wonder will Ryan and the other FFG ministers go for another photo opp..This time carrying dusters to clean the buses which have gathered a lot of dust….Forward planning is certainly not the forte of Eamon Ryan.
@Donal Desmond: that’s some hard work on your thumb, typing all that rubbish lol
@Donal Desmond: you are such a troll
@Donal Desmond: 270 kilometers fully charged they will be lying flat all over the city
@Fergal Fay:
…when they’re not bursting into flames.
@Mary Toilet: So…… the truth is rubbish huh?
@Mary Toilet: Again …Mary..
Or Joh Jon whatever name your using now….please respond with a valid reply…something you can stand over…Otherwise do not respond when you’re brain is not functioning…
@Mary Toilet: Again when when your brain is functioning…Point out where I am wrong …
@Donal Desmond: stop trolling me, spacker
@Donal Desmond: give it a rest, you’re worn out, but you do amuse me
@Mary Toilet: Delighted you are at last able to put a sentence together….perhaps someday you will be able to check facts and join a debate. Instead of reading the dust covers on books..I suggest you make an attempt to see what’s written in the pages..It helps
@Donal Desmond: did a longer sentence than Bobby Sandwiches lol
@Mary Toilet: you talk some sh ite
@Donal Desmond: Also where is Metrolink, Dart + or well any public transport
@Donal Desmond: wow, you managed to get that amount of “likes” that’s more into my bank account thank you very much
@Donal Desmond: still need FG or FF
@Mary Toilet: If the amount of likes to get is all you care about suggest you get a cat or a dog as getting involved in a debate is certainly not an option for you. Perhaps if you did not use fake profiles you could try to get involved in a discussion…but the fact someone may have a different opinion than yours would certainly be a problem for you to deal with..Hope you get a few likes when you respond..Thats my good deed done for today…
@Donal Desmond: I can’t wait to see the back of that pudding Eamon Ryan
Typical – only good for causing trouble nothing positive out of that tree hugger party
@John Murphy: well said! All talk!
They won’t have a single TD left after the election so the situation will never arise
@John Fahy: as much as I’d like to agree with you, they do have a core following sov1 ir 2 of rthem will get in. Even with the debacle of the water charges, they managed to win a few in the election following that.
@John Fahy: you look a bit backward, your photo and comments don’t lie
This man is deluded and needs to seek appropriate treatment to rid himself of his delusions. Shock therapy would seem to be the way to go in this regard. And what better way to shock him back to reality than him seeing the Green Party’s results in a general election? There’s always hope, Eamon, you’ll soon be cured, Gaia willing! Have faith in the electorate…
@William Tallon: so you are saying that, on principle, SF should refuse to go into government, and go into opposition,rather than accept the Greens as a coalition partner?
@Ciaran O’Mara: “So, you are saying that…” That’s one of the classic opening lines in a typical “strawman” argument! You have a very vivid imagination reading what you did into my post. It was meant to be nothing more than a humourous dig at Eamon Ryan. Let’s face it, he tends to invite ridicule with many of his detached from reality comments on various subjects. I really have no opinion on any future Sinn Féin/Green Party coalition. Hopefully, that satisfies your desire for the clarification of something that didn’t require clarifying in the first place…
@Ciaran O’Mara: not what was said, it5all a fog Doctor Who
@William Tallon: I’ll be voting for them again. Not happily but I don’t feel like I have a viable alternative. I majorly disagree with them on a number of things including nuclear power stance(not whether we should attempt to build a nuclear power plant or anything so completely out of the realm of capability of any Irish government; just the stance).
Jesus wept
If SF let that happen I’ll never vote for them again
@John Meade: that makes two of us…. Never
Wont get 1 seat in next election
Trying to poison people against SF.
No thanks Eamon.
@Chris O’Brien: SF poisonous semen in young man and woman
@Mary Toilet: Sounds more like a YFG Frappe Room visit from the Baldy Bishop of Bath Ave!
@Mary Toilet: So, what, stick with what we’ve got then Mary?
More FFG according to you?
Then you are part of the problem. This country needs big big change.
SF must be given at least one term to see if they can do any better.
No thanks. Nobody wants the salad party
They’d get into bed with the devil himself to get power. I’m surprised Eamonn was awake.
@Niall Sheridan: If there was work in the bed, he’d sleep on the floor.
In his defence; if he ever did get his hands on any real power, it would make a brilliant South Park episode.
Don’t worry Eamon, you won’t be getting to many votes either way.
Town bike. Anyone can have a ride!
Just goes to show he will jump in with anyone. If he does, I hope they won’t be the pushovers he finds in his current coalition partners.
Not a hope will never vote sf if greens are involved tree hugging hypocrites
@Chris Whelan: Can we leave trees out of this? They’re grand things. They don’t deserve to be besmirched this way.
Sleepy won’t make the cut himself..
Good riddance.
Sf won’t let them get away with calling the shots like ff and FG did
@The Gate Florist: ehhhhh yes they will, and some. SF are going to need the greens, desperately I would imagine too. FG absolutely will not go into power with SF, the parties DESPISE each other. Far more than FF and FG ever did. There was always a level of respect between FG and FF. That absolutely is not there between FG and SF. Pearse and Leo I am quite sure would love to thump lumps out of each other. Therefore that leaves SFs options as FF or the greens/independents. I think there will be a party revolt if Martin tries to lead FF into coalition with SF. It’s possible but very challenging. SF will NOT get a majority. So they will need a handful of independents
/smaller parties AND the greens. The greens will never be more powerful than in that government as they will hold all the sway.
@The Gate Florist: the greens could essentially collapse the government whenever their needs or wants are not pandered too and as SF will know full well, they have no problem propping FG and FF into power. The greens will have SF over a barrel. You are lying to yourself if you think the greens won’t be worse in government with SF than they currently are. Of course this will all depend on government make up / the number of seats the greens will have / the strength of the coalition and majority. But I would put all that on shakey ground tbh and you can add to that SFs inexperience in leading, they will be there for absolute abuse by the greens. Sorry to burst your bubble.
I will give SF my vote this time round. One whiff of SF doing any deal with the Greens and I will never vote SF again, ever.
I would never vote green myself but I do see a future for them if they had a more pragmatic outlook. Surely they would benefit greatly from losing this misfit. It’s just my opinion (thats for you moderator) but I think his major malfunction is that he’s insane.
These disasters, led by Ryan, are drunk with power and would league with the devil to stay there.
Ohhh jesus no no no. Never. My god how could that happen..they have to go and not come back ever again.
Sinn Fein, I’m voting for you for the first time because I can’t cope with the same parties over and over again doing absolutely nothing for the country. Do I believe you will do well? Probably not but hopefully it will give fianna F/G a kick up the backside to realise they are not guaranteed to sit in the dail BUT if you do a good job and go into coalition with the Green Party I will never vote for you again. Eamon Ryan is possibly the most useless thing to come out of Ireland in a long while. But something has to change, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Fianna F/G have had their heyday and the country is still in tatters. I wish there was an alternative but there’s not.
Why would SF go into partnership with the Greens.
Please Please nobody vote for the greens or fffg
2 chances of the greens going into goverment after the next election,slim and none,if they elect 1 T.D i will be shocked and
disapointed
Dream on you turnip.Your party has heaped untold misery on the Irish people due to your only policy..taxes,taxes and more taxes.Hopefully your party is decimated next election.
Sinn Fein will build houses when a united Ireland happens, so about in another 100 years, absolute clowns that shower, all they’re interested in is some poxy poll lol
@Mary Toilet: Calm down Mary Toilet. Calm down.
@Mary Toilet: that ‘ poxy poll’ is the democracy denied for a large portion of northern residents for far too long. What have you against that democracy????
@Mary Toilet: Whats the alternative then Mary?
Oh right more FFG. You are part of the problems in this country by voting for them.
As a shinner I’d soooo disappointed if the Green Tories joined a SF led government
Eamonn won’t be making that decision.
But I bet you SF are ruling out that coalition option
Not a chance! Get the greens out
If there’s any justice in this Country,not 1 single Green will get a vote,they won’t have to worry about joining any party,because whether is be SF,FF,FG,they have all drank the soup from the EU,Our ancestors gave everything they had,so many gave their lives to free us,and now we’re back to where we were before all those brave people stood up for us.and our generation any of us over 50 haven’t done 1 thing about it,History will show how we failed our families before us,We had the best life out of all our generations,but sadly we only looked out for ourselves,and let our Country be taking again,leaving nothing of our Country or Cultural for our generations to come,all we have left is our land,and that’s been taking aswell…
@Kathleen Peters:
If you vote for the Republic of Ireland and the Six Counties to unite, why not a united Europe?
@Kathleen Peters: That’s an impressive sentence you wrote there.
Grey party need to disappear some people need to stop living from politic
He’s definitely on SOMETHING mad lad there FINISHED
And SF will go into coalition with the Greens if that is what it takes to get into power.
Anything to stay in power!! I sincerely hope Sinn Fein don’t give him a seat at the table.
Thanks for letting us know, you just signed yourselves out of a job.
The green party didn’t get so many seats in this government because of their policies, they got them because they’re not sinn fein. People needing a protest candidate, to vote against the big centrist parties, wouldn’t vote for the IRA proxy party in a million years, but they were happy to lend their votes to a benign, non-violent and non-criminal party like the greens.
You just threw that political brand advantage over the side, Mr Ryan. Congratulations.
@John Mulligan: there is a well known breakaway group of politicians in the ff party who have formed a side party called republican ff,it is these 13 established politicians that will break away from ff and join SF in a coalition government,government friendly media have no utterances on this well known development
Well you see the greens are missing understud they do want to make it impossible to live in ireland
FF/SF/G Shinners will go in with FF even though people on here have the understanding that FF bankrupted the country, but FF will not go in as a junior partner, role of Taoiseach will rotate from FF leader to Mary Toilet, that’s me
@Mary Toilet: Bless your little heart.
Sinn Féin green enough.
Never, never, never! Ulster aren’t the only ones who say no!!! Greens out
Deluded out of touch jom-beens
Absolutely not !!! These greens looneys need to go !
I don’t think the Greens will be in a position to support coalition government in the next government – junior coalition partner always gets hammered in following election. Look at Labour and Democratic left in the past
@PK71: and Progressive Democrats
The blind leading the blind!!
Mary toilet, literally a dung hole.
SF shouldn’t go near any of the current government party’s. FF is no longer a republican party.
Political cheap tarts.
He’s an unprincipled clown.
Strange to see the Greed party spouting pacifism these days, quite out of step with their buddies in Germany. They can always change course after the election though, they’re good at doing that
That person will do anything to stay in power
What NO. Sinn Féin don’t get involved with these foos, get lost greens
A vote for the greens, Ryan , FF, FG , Varadkar, Martin is a stab in the back for Ireland and her people. Vote for anyone but them
Who ever votes for the green, own a electric “scam” car
Where’s Metrolink?
The man on a slippery slope looking for someone to grasp his hand..
Ryan getting his greasy talons of oppourtunism in early so he can keep grifting the nation that he stands for something.
Unfortunately, Sinn Fein are so desperate to get their hands on the levers of power they’d sell their own mothers so a deal with Cabbage Ryan and his cohorts is a real possibility.
Hmmm… wonder how the border monkeys are going to square their diesel laundering and toxic pollution business with the oh so green Eamonn.
Might’ve given them half a vote but now definitely won’t touch em.
By far the most useless clown ever to enter politics
The greens would sell their souls to the devil.
Help!
“Lasting security can only come when political leaders create the conditions that allow people live up to the Golden rule from the Jewish Holy book, the Torah: ‘to love thy neighbour as thyself’.
The major problem here is that the book followed by Palestinians and by Hamas don’t use or believe in that quote (even amongst thenselves)
Remember the old adage ; if you sleep with dogs, you’ll get up with fleas.
The Greens a FINISHED! Eamon & his ilk have done nothing but increased our taxes and we’ve gotten NOTHING back! We are the highest taxed country in the world when you consider Income Tax, USC, VAT, Car Tax, VRT, Sugar Tax etc….. average tax rate per capita in Ireland after spend per week is around 68% according to Eurostat report! Sickening.
Not sure the GP will have seats to form such a Coalition as they got half their current total from SF surplus votes because SF hadn’t enough candidates absorb all their own votes.
They might that nappy won’t be with them
They can tie up and gag Eamon the pri k
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