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Fri 01 Jan 2009'They've used this recession to close the place'
WORKERS' REACTION: They arrived in their droves for the company's 9am announcement. Such were the traffic volumes, many abandoned their cars on a nearby dual carriageway and walked to the plant.
Father-of-one Thomas McNamara (28) of Keyes Park in Limerick had been working on the weekend shift at Dell for the past four years. He said the announcement wasn't a surprise, but many workers still walked out of the meeting before the question and answer session got under way.
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