Galway Bay FM 17 May 2021 print Galway Bay fm newsroom – A Galway TD has told the Dáil that the way Debenham’s workers have been treated over the past year is absolutely outrageous. Deputy Mairead Farrell claimed they were first abandoned by their employers, and then they were failed by the state. 140 jobs were lost in Galway when Debenhams closed in April 2020, with over one thousand people nationwide let go after the company began the process to enter liquidation. Workers have been campaigning since then – they argue that a former redundancy agreement has not been honoured and theyâve only been offered statutory minimum entitlements.