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    Mute Liam Byrne
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    Mar 28th 2012, 5:22 PM

    Best if luck guys!

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    Mar 28th 2012, 5:38 PM

    Mortal Kombat! Give them hell guys! You deserve proper redundancy payments!

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    Mute Patrick Minford
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    Mar 28th 2012, 6:58 PM

    and the girl in the glasses is very pretty

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    Mute made
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    Mar 28th 2012, 5:50 PM

    Seems to be a growing trend where companies are shutting up shop and to hell with the workers, and a lot of these companies are using the recession as an excuse to say they can’t afford redundancy payments, been happening with a few years now and it needs to stop and as usual the shower of muppets that are in government couldn’t give a flying fuck and they’ll still come after the workers for the household charge.

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    Mute Gerard Murphy
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    Mar 28th 2012, 6:01 PM

    Not paying redundancy and getting the state to pick up the tab has been going on for years. Happened to me in 2008.

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    Mute Tom O Laithimh
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    Mar 28th 2012, 5:40 PM

    Well done guys and don’t give up the fight untill you actually get satisfactory results

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    Mute Lisa Saputo
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    Mar 28th 2012, 6:04 PM

    Pack up the stock! I would be selling the stock.

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    Mute Liam Byrne
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    Mar 28th 2012, 6:24 PM

    Totally agree Lisa. There would be nothing that the administrators could do about it.
    Better still, leave the store open and unsecured and what happens, happens…

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    Mute Patrick Minford
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    Mar 28th 2012, 6:56 PM

    yes yes

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    Mute random
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    Mar 28th 2012, 9:48 PM

    They wouldn’t get anything for that except prosecuted.

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    Mute Mike Scott
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    Mar 28th 2012, 5:54 PM

    This non payment of redundancy is becoming more and more common! When the government decided to cut the states contribution to statutory redundancy, their wasn’t a peep from the unions! The reason for that’s quite obvious though! Because this massive cut in redundancy contribution from the state doesn’t affect public sector workers, the unions don’t care! As long as the Croke park agreement remains in place, unions will keep their heads down! Just look at how they had to be dragged into the household charge debate! Unions should have been the first on board to protest against something that massively discriminates against the less well off! Any private sector worker paying union dues might as well be throwing money down the drain!

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    Mute Tony Groome
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    Mar 28th 2012, 6:19 PM

    Spot on Mike!

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    Mar 28th 2012, 5:54 PM

    Thats feckin brutal. Fight Your case and squeez every penny you can out of them. Best of luck

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    Mute Unitedpeople Ireland
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    Mar 28th 2012, 6:05 PM

    I have two friends and one distant relative working for this company – two of which just got promoted a month a go.
    Now they are sacked with little or no money!
    They all have been working for “Game” for years.
    Its a absolute disgrace that they are doing it and that also they can get away with it – but then our government is too busy bullying people themselves at the moment to be looking into this matter!

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    Mar 28th 2012, 6:20 PM

    Support the GAME workers. They’re defending *your* rights too. Facebook page = facebook.com/GameIrelandFight and twitter = @GameIREFight . Please share those accounts with your friends.

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    Mute Paddy O'Reilly
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    Mar 28th 2012, 8:10 PM

    Sorry but that’s hilarious, an angry woman holding an Angry Bird.
    I hope the former employees get what they deserve, they’ve been treated very unfairly.

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    Mar 28th 2012, 6:31 PM

    Fight your ground guys dont give in,oh and fill your cars with stock lol…

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    Mute Eric Lawless
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    Mar 28th 2012, 6:38 PM

    Best of luck, you have my support.

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    Mute Sheila Byrne
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    Mar 28th 2012, 7:40 PM

    Good luck to you all. Stay strong. The workers in Cork are still there, fighting to the end. They mean business and I hope that their’s will be sorted soon.

    Fine Gael have no idea how these people are feeling. One only has to look at the faces of the poor workers in Cork to see the stress they’re going through. Don’t give up, you have huge support.

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    Mar 28th 2012, 7:31 PM

    Best of luck to all the staff at game I hope you get what you all deserve for years of service. God knows it’s not easy working in retail at the moment or for the last few years and you should at least get whats owed to you for your loyal service and hard work through what were no doubt tough times. Stay positive and keep the head up and hopefully you will be all back to work soon

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    Mar 28th 2012, 8:42 PM

    Standing up for what is right (or sitting down in this case) is admirable. Plenty of video games around to pass the time :P

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    Mar 28th 2012, 7:30 PM

    Good luck to the workers stick to your guns and it will be game set and match to you.

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    Mar 28th 2012, 8:37 PM

    I notice you dont see sits ins in dail eireann when it comes to their pension payouts.Plus a big golden handshake as well

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    Mar 29th 2012, 9:30 AM

    Those stock on the shelves will more than cover redundancy payments so make sure ye don’t let it out of the building till ye get paid .

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    Mute Leah O Reilly
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    Mar 29th 2012, 1:27 PM

    Solidarity from the families of the vita cortex workers,stay strong and god bless.

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    Mute Alan
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    Mar 28th 2012, 11:01 PM

    Where are the 11 shops that are being occupied?

    One in Cork
    One in Limerick
    One in Dublin (Ilac Centre)

    ???

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    Mar 28th 2012, 11:28 PM

    All bar Galway and the branch in Hamleys, Dundrum.

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    Mar 29th 2012, 10:31 AM

    Best of luck folks. Disgraceful treatment after all the loyalty yea gave to your jobs.Keep Strong and stay with it to the end and as previous comment said DO NOT PART WITH ANY OF THE STOCK till yea get what is owed to yea all

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    Mar 29th 2012, 12:39 AM

    will there be a sale and when ? I do like cheap games :)

    and good luck with the sit in

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    Mute Jenny Decimal
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    Mar 29th 2012, 1:21 AM

    No. Staff were supposed to pack up all the stock to ship it over to the branches still operating in the UK.

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    Mute Gavin Lawlor
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    Mar 29th 2012, 3:03 PM

    Round 1 – Fight

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    Mar 29th 2012, 7:31 AM

    And what government think about it?
    I think the government should legalise “sell goods and get what should be yours” allowing legally to do it. And helping with accountancy.

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