The treatment of Fastway Couriers workers has been branded a 'disgrace'.

Last week, the company, which has bases in Collooney and Letterkenny went into receivership, leaving around 300 employees in limbo coming into the Christmas season.

It's also been claimed that there has been little communication between the company and workers, with drivers in the North West only made aware that their employment was ending when the news broke last Tuesday.

Donegal TD Charles Ward says the way the situation has been handled is completely unacceptable: