Dell cuts 230 jobs in Dublin

The US computer giant is set to lay off up to 230 more workers in Ireland as a part of cost-cutting plans. Dell has already announced 1,900 job cuts at its plant in the Raheen area of Limerick as part of a plan to move production to Poland. The company employs around 1,300 people in Cherrywood in south Dublin and has around 1,000 manufacturing positions in Limerick.

A spokeswoman for Dell refused to confirm or deny media reports that some 10 percent of the remaining workforce were to go at its centres in Dublin and Limerick in the south-west of Ireland. Ireland, which entered recession in September, suffered a major economic blow in January when Dell announced the closure of its assembly operation in Limerick with the loss of 1,900 jobs to a plant in Poland.

Dell, which set up operations in Ireland in 1990 and employed 4,500 at its height, has been one of the jewels in the crown of the so-called Celtic Tiger economy. Cherrywood is home to Dell's sales operation for the Irish market and to the home and small/medium business sector of the UK market.

Waterford westwood seem to be in trouble and EMC announced that they will be cutting 7% of the global workforce. EMC has not indicated where the job cuts will happen but they employ 1,500 approx in Cork.

Layoffs to hit another Dell plant

Dell is laying off workers, but the company will not give the total number and location of all employees affected. Dell did confirm that some of those affected are from the Winston-Salem, N.C., plant.

They shuttered its desktop manufacturing division in Lebanon January, probably in response to a widespread aversion to the outmoded, space-hogging dinosaurs in favor of itty bitty laptops.

"Mr. Mehran Ravanpay, the plant manager at Dell, has informed me that the workforce at our local facility had increased to approximately 1,400 people and that this reduction affects only a small percentage of the workforce," Joines said in a statement. "Obviously, we are very grateful for the approximately 1,200 jobs that remain here. Dell continues to be among our leading employers and corporate citizens. We have every confidence that as the economy improves, so will the employment opportunities at this facility."

Dell also reaffirmed its plans to reduce employee headcount by at least 8,800. So far, it has eliminated 3,200 positions. Overall, the company hopes to reduce expenses by US$3 billion a year on average over the next three years.