Atari announced in December of 1984 that it would end its operation in Limerick and sack hundreds of workers. They proposed moving the factory to Taiwan. In response, Atari workers occupied the factory in January 1985, withholding stock and machinery as part of their protest. They demanded increased redundancy settlements. At the time, a worker explained to RTÉ News that she wanted: “to highlight the whole situation, the way we’ve been treated and in the hope that even if we don’t gain anything from it that other workers will see the stand that we’re taking.”