THE creation of 150 jobs at Dell shows there is confidence among companies in doing business in Ireland with a new emerging young workforce, Taoiseach Enda Kenny claimed yesterday.

The American computer giant Dell is to create 150 new jobs in Dublin and Limerick.

In its second wave of staffing cuts this year, Compaq Computer Corporation said yesterday it was trimming 4,000 more jobs - bringing the total number of workers it plans to cut this year to 8,500.