Dunnes stores

Friday 23 December was the busiest day of the festive season for grocery retailers, with 55% of the population visiting supermarkets then

Christmas shopping spend rises by €92m in 2016

Christmas shoppers spent €92m more in supermarkets in 2016 than they did the previous Christmas.

The data, which cover the 12 weeks to 4 December, shows Tesco is next with a 21.8% market share

SuperValu draws level with Dunnes with 22.5% share

SuperValu has drawn level with Dunnes Stores with a market share of 22.5%, according to the latest Irish supermarket share figures from Kantar Worldpanel.

Business • 19 Dec 16

Yes, this is the face of a happy camper who got treats with the €'s saved on his uniform!

School Wars: Low-cost School Jumpers

Keeping costs low during the back-to-school season is tough, but not near impossible! Today, RTÉ Lifestyle brings you all you need to know about where to find low-cost school jumpers!

Living • 09 Aug 16

South African Goods To Be Phased Out

The first sign of an end to the anti-apartheid strike comes in an announcement from the Minister for Labour.

Apartheid • 10 Sep 25

Tesco increased the volume of items bought, but saw a dip in average spend

Tesco top grocery retailer despite sales decline

Tesco has retained its position as the country's biggest grocery retailer with a 25.1% share of the market, despite a sales decline of 3.3%.

Business • 06 Jul 15

Nelson Mandela Freeman of Dublin

On 1 July 1990 Nelson Mandela arrived in Dublin to fulfil a promise to the people of Dublin.

Politics • 01 Jul 21

The Mandate trade union organised the protest

Thousands of Dunnes Stores workers march in Dublin

Dunnes Stores workers and supporters from across the country marched in Dublin this afternoon over working conditions.

News • 06 Jun 15

A notice in the window of the branch in Gorey Shopping Centre

Dunnes Stores staff at work despite Gorey closure

Dunnes Stores staff who are members of the trade union Mandate went to work as rostered this weekend, even though the Dunnes Branch in Gorey Shopping Centre remains closed.

News • 23 May 15

Speaking to RTÉ News employees of the store said the closure will affect the entire town of Gorey

Dunnes staff to seek answers over closure of store

Staff from the Gorey branch of Dunnes Stores are to seek an explanation from local management over the sudden closure of the store yesterday evening.

News • 22 May 15

Mandate claims workers at the Gorey store were called to a meeting this evening and told the news

Mandate claims Dunnes Stores in Gorey to close

The Mandate Trade Union has said Dunnes Stores has told workers at its store in Gorey in Co Wexford that the branch is to close immediately.

News • 21 May 15

Dunnes Stores employees are seen at an October protest

Dunnes workers to protest over contract dispute

Mandate trade union which represents around 6000 Dunnes Stores employees is to organise a day of protest in early June, as part of an ongoing dispute over low-hour contracts and collective bargaining at the retailer.

News • 26 Apr 15

Dunnes Stores Workers Strike Against Apartheid

Striking Against Apartheid

The struggle against the apartheid regime in South Africa reached the Dunnes Stores shop floor in 1984.

Library Exhibitions Carousel • 21 Sep 18

Reek Sunday at Croagh Patrick

History Repeats Itself • 29 Jul 16

Army Bomb Disposal Team outside Dunne's Stores (1985)

Dunnes Stores Bomb Attack

Thousands of Dublin shoppers evacuated after two explosive devices are set off in city centre store.

1985 • 08 Mar 22

Dunnes Stores Workers Apartheid Strike

In response to an official union directive to boycott South African produce, 11 members of Dunnes Stores staff have been striking for 9 months and the dispute continues.

Apartheid • 13 Apr 22

Mandate workers held a one-day strike at Dunnes Stores on 2 April

Mandate to escalate action at Dunnes Stores

Dunnes Stores workers belonging to the Mandate trade union are to escalate their dispute over low-hour contracts and union negotiating rights.

News • 13 Apr 15

Dunnes stores workers and former workers outside the GPO in Dublin

Dunnes workers strike in low-hour contract row

Thousands of staff at Dunnes Stores staged a one-day strike today in a dispute over low-hour contracts, job and income security and the right to trade union representation.

News • 02 Apr 15

Workers represented by Mandate are seeking improved contracts

Nash says Dunnes should have attended Labour Court

Minister for Business and Employment Ged Nash has criticised Dunnes Stores management for failing to attend a Labour Court hearing last year to resolve issues which will result in a one-day strike at the chain on Thursday 2 April.

News • 24 Mar 15

Workers are engaged in a row over pay and conditions

Mandate workers at Dunnes back industrial action

Workers at Dunnes Stores who are members of the Mandate trade union have voted in favour of industrial action in a row over pay and conditions.

News • 06 Mar 15

Dunnes said it had achieved two pay increases for staff without the involvement of unions

Dunnes warns Mandate dispute could lead to layoffs

Dunnes Stores has warned its 14,000 staff that they could face redundancies or layoffs if the trade union Mandate proceeds with a dispute over pay, low-hour contracts and negotiating rights.

News • 11 Feb 15

New Moral Boost for Dunnes Stores Apartheid Strike

As the Dunnes Stores strike against apartheid continued into January 1985, the strikers had a new moral boost from a recent meeting with Bishop Desmond Tutu, who had asked to see them on his way to collect the Nobel Peace Prize in December 1984.

Society • 10 Jan 23

Dunnes Stores employs 14,000 staff in 112 stores

Mandate members seek better terms at Dunnes Stores

Dunnes Stores retail staff belonging to the Mandate trade union are attending a Labour Court hearing in pursuit of better employment contracts.

News • 29 Oct 14

Torthaí na Daoirse airs tonight at 9.30pm on TG4

TG4 airs new film on Dunnes anti-Apartheid strike

TG4 will air a new documentary on the 1984 anti-Apartheid strike which saw Dunnes Stores workers refuse to handle produce from South Africa in a dispute which escalated into a three-year stand-off with the Irish establishment.

Entertainment • 23 Oct 14

Tesco is still the biggest retailer in Ireland - but by an increasingly slim margin

Tesco's grocery market share continues to fall

Tesco’s market share has continued to decline in Ireland with discount retailers Aldi and Lidl the main beneficiaries, according to the latest Kantar Worldpanel figures.

Business • 01 Sep 14

“We’re All Equal, Right?”

The strike escalates when Brendan Barron of the Crumlin branch joins.

Dunnes Strike • 06 Oct 15