Announcement restores region’s confidence

ALMOST 29 months to the day since “Black Thursday” heralded 1,900 job losses at Dell’s Limerick facility, a spring returned to the city step yesterday with the jobs announcement from the US computer giant.

Although the entire manufacturing operation has moved to Poland, up to 1,000 R&D and other high-end customer services jobs were retained at the Raheen plant.

Yesterday’s announcement was welcomed as underpinning Limerick’s reputation as a key location in the company’s global strategy.