Dell will cut almost 2,000 jobs in Limerick in a cost-cutting measure.

The company plans to move all manufacturing from the Raheen facility to Poland over the next 12 months following a global review of its operations.

The measures at the 18-year-old Dell plant, which became a symbol of the Celtic Tiger boom years, dealt another blow to the economy with unemployment already at its highest level in more than a decade.

Dell employs about 4,300 people in Ireland. Around 1,900 people will lose their jobs as a result, while thousands more ancillary jobs could also be at risk in the mid-west region.

The lay-offs will begin in April and will be completed by January of next year.

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