Fund to help Limerick jobseekers gets EU thumbs-up

A fund to help unemployed workers in the Limerick town of Rathkeale get back to work has crossed its first hurdle, with members of the European Parliament giving it their support. 

The €2m — a mixture of money from the EU’s globalisation fund and from the Government — will provide guidance, training, education and enterprise support for more than 276 people in the west Limerick region.

The issue was championed by MEP Sean Kelly and got the full support of the European Parliament’s Globalisation Fund group.