Representatives from SIPTU will meet with workers affected by the planned closure of four Marks & Spencer stores today.

180 people will lose their jobs when the company closes two branches in Dublin - in Tallaght and Dun Laoghaire - one in Naas in Co. Kildare and one in Mullingar in Co. Westmeath.

SIPTU organiser Neil McGowan, says the union's priority is to enter into discussions surrounding the consequences arising from the planned closures of the stores - the first task is to prepare workers for a meeting with the company later: