Dell workers may opt to refuse EU payouts

MANY of the 3,000 Dell workers are ready to turn down money from the EU because they have been told they will lose their social welfare entitlements.

Each of the redundant workers are entitled to spend up to €9,000 on retraining, further education or setting up their own business.

But very few signed up for courses and retraining at a two-day workshop in Limerick at the weekend because they were told they would lose their social welfare, Labour MEP Alan Kelly said.