Thousands of ex-Dell workers could benefit from €20m EU fund

TWO thousand Dell workers and thousands of others who will also lose their jobs as a result of the computer giant’s move from Limerick to Poland could benefit from a €20 million EU fund to help them retrain and develop new skills.

The announcement came yesterday after EU Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs, Vladimir Spidla met with workers set to lose their jobs during a visit to Limerick.

While Mr Spidla would not specify an amount, he said the application for the money from the European Globalisation Fund would be processed as quickly as possible, hopefully within weeks.