Dell to stay put, says top boss

DELL’S top executive in Europe said the computer giant intends to remain one of Limerick’s largest employers, retaining 1,000 R&D and other high-value jobs at its Raheen facility.

All 1,900 manufacturing jobs are being moved to Poland and 100 white collar jobs have also been axed.

Sean Corkery, who is moving from Limerick to take up a more senior executive post with Dell, said: “There are still 1,000 employees in the campus and I think we should remember that. We are still a very large employer, we intend to remain that way and we want to move on now. I think they [1,000 workers] are doing a good job, an important job and we want to keep it that way.”