EU retraining grant scheme to end

UP to 1,250 Aviva workers facing redundancy will lose out on retraining grants from the EU while money for TalkTalk employees hangs in the balance.

This comes on top of fears that only half of the €60 million received to date for 13,500 Dell, Waterford Crystal, SR Technics and construction workers will be claimed mainly because of administrative problems.

Ireland lost its battle to preserve the EU’s crisis fund when a number of countries objected to the scheme.