Dell and Minister O’Dea deny plant closure reports

DELL has dismissed as “untrue and completely without foundation” weekend reports that it planned to pull out of Ireland next year.

It was claimed yesterday that Government Minister and Limerick TD Willie O’Dea and the IDA had already been informed the company was withdrawing with the loss of 4,200 jobs as early as January 2009.

There has been uncertainty hanging over the plants in Limerick, which employs 3,000 and Dublin which employs 1,200 since the company announced a global review of its operations.