In the European Parliament MEPs voted in favour of granting funding of €21m for the retraining of some 1,900 Dell workers made redundant in Limerick, with €14.3m to come from the EU and the balance of €8.82m to be provided by the Government.
Applications have also been made for similar funding to help redundant workers from SR Technics and Waterford Crystal.
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