Former workers of Clerys Department Store have staged a lunchtime protest outside the offices of the new owners, Natrium, demanding a meeting.

They are demanding a meeting to discuss wages and redundancy entitlements.

Yesterday, it emerged the taxpayer is facing a bill of €2.5m for the statutory redundancy of the 460 employees.

Gerry Markey is a former supervisor at Clerys. He told Newstalk Lunchtime the company is treating them with total disrespect.

The Jobs Minister Richard Bruton says he is "totally unhappy" with the situation that unfolded at Clerys.

Mr Bruton says we have to learn from what happened at the iconic Dublin store.