More jobs likely to go at Dell in Ireland

Irish media reports now suggest that between 1000 and 1300 temporary staff could be affected by the job reductions at the Limerick manufacturing plant. A Dell spokesperson was cited in the Limerick Leader in saying that 'several hundred workers would be made redundant and said these redundancies are a standard practice for the company at the end of a financial quarter'. The report continues that only around 20% of all staff - that has been made redundant now - will be rehired in 2009.