[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21059204[/url]
[quote=BBC News][B]Staff at two HMV shops in the Republic of Ireland plan to continue sit-in protests overnight after the closure of the chain's 16 outlets in the country.[/B]
The workers at the two Limerick shops are attempting to secure the payment of wages they are owed.
The music and DVD firm's operation in the Irish Republic, which employs 300 people, has been put into receivership.
"We've not heard anything, so we're bunking down for the night," one of the shop workers told the BBC.
HMV's main UK business, including 10 stores in Northern Ireland, is continuing to trade in administration.
The retailer has 223 UK stores in total, and a workforce of about 4,000.
HMV's administrator, accountancy group Deloitte, said it would try to sell the Irish shops.
Deloitte, which has also been appointed receiver of HMV's business in the Republic of Ireland, said that the 16 store closures followed "a request from the directors [of HMV]" to close down the Irish operation.
"All efforts will be made by the receiver to secure a purchaser for the [Irish] stores," added Deloitte.
A member of staff at HMV's Limerick Crescent store said earlier on Thursday that he and his colleagues had held an initial meeting with officials from Deloitte, but that the sit-in would continue as no satisfactory agreement had been reached.
The man, who declined to give his name, said: "We are owed wages, and holiday and lieu time and the like. We want written confirmation that we will get what we are owed.
"More importantly, we want to get the shop reopened, we are a profitable store with fantastic staff.
"The receivers have been very reasonable with us so far, but the sit-in will continue until we get written confirmations."[/quote]
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