Dell workers in line for €6,000 payout from EU fund

EACH of the 2,000 Dell workers in Limerick who will lose their jobs before the end of the year could be in line for payments of about €6,000 each from the European Globalisation Fund.

Following changes to the rules under which the fund is managed, Dell workers will be able to apply for money from the fund to help job search and retraining within months.

Dell workers will be let go in a staggered redundancy process.