Saturday, September 19, 2009

Former Dell Workers Receive Grant Aid

The European Commission has approved a grant of €14.8m to help former workers at Dell in Limerick to find new jobs.

EC President José Manuel Barroso made the announcement while visiting Limerick this morning reports RTE. The grant application for assistance from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was made by the Government and is one of the first to benefit from new EU crisis measures.

It will now go to the European Parliament and the Council of the EU for agreement.