This group is an result of a post made on the Limerick Open Coffee Club blog: http://opencoffeeclublimerick.com/?p=43
It is an attempt to assist employees made redundant by Dell to explore the options of starting their own business. We are actively looking for entrepreneurs, investors and state bodies that can support us in this effort.
The purpose of this group is to set up a dedicated online "community" where ideas can be exchanged and innitiatives can be developed.

12 Jan 20:19
Good on you. Delighted. Lets go!
representing VoiceSage
12 Jan 21:01
I think this is a great idea. The Open Coffee Clubs around Ireland are a great place to start organising this help. I'd be happy to help in whatever way I can.
12 Jan 21:53
Great I am in to help as much as I can. Already made contact with a number of folks affected and will communicate out the details as we get it !
13 Jan 08:39
Hello, My name is Paula Horan and my business, Company Bureau, based in Dublin is making a special offer to future business owners to incorporate their company for an 'all in' price of €199. We have just placed an advert in The Limerick Post to appear next week. We also offer supporting services such as basic accounts, vat application and bookkeeping as these elements of running a business can be alien to people setting up their own businesses first time around. We would like to make the process as easy and as undaunting as we can. Log on to our website www.companyformations.ie or email me, paula@companybureau.ie or alternatively, phone 01 646 16 25 if you would like further information.
representing Company Bureau
13 Jan 09:57
This is great, happy to help out where we can!
representing IGOpeople
13 Jan 10:01
I used to work in Dell Limerick for 11 years. So I know quite a few of the people effected by this news. I will offer advice as part of this group. I am a Business & IT consultant and my site is www.consultmark.ie email is MarkCahill@ConsultMark.ie
representing Consult Mark
13 Jan 10:19
We're delighted to see several people offering help for this and I really hope that at least a few people affected by the Dell redundancies will be able to benefit.
To make the most of IGOpeople, we'd encourage those individuals offering business services, to sign their business up as an organisation on IGOpeople. This way you'll be included in the organisation directory, and any posts will be identified as representing your business. Click here to sign-up http://www.igopeople.com/for-organisations/signup
You can keep your individual sign-up with IGOpeople, or we can convert this so that you just represent your company. Just send us a message if you need any help - http://www.igopeople.com/o/2-IGOpeople
representing IGOpeople
13 Jan 11:27
I am working in Dell limerick and know a number of people personally affected by this news. I will continue to drive this forum from within to help with the reassignment of as many people as we can.
13 Jan 12:18
My name is Patrick Barry from Barrton LTD in Cork. We are an associate partner with the IMAGINE GROUP, which is a 100% Irish owned company and the No 1 alternative to Eircom in the market place.
We work jointly with IMAGINE in gathering both business and residential customers and are paid per account directly by IMAGINE for our efforts. We would like to offer the opportunity of doing the same to the people in Dell who have recently received the terrible news of being made redundant. There is normally a €99 euro fee to register with IMAGINE but any person that is made redundant from Dell we would work something out for them and get them on the way of earning an income immediately. The earnings are totally up to individual themselves but they would get paid their commissions on regular basis. IMAGINE have an highly trained sales force that works directly with us and it is IMAGINE who will actually sign up the business and residential customer for us i.e call to a business and fill out the forms.
Just as a point of information, Gaelic Telecom which is a means for GAA clubs to fundraise is actually a subsidiary of the IMAGINE Group, as is Irish Broadband. The IMAGINE group has clients such as the AIB, McDonalds, SherryFtiz.... but to name a few.
We would like to offer the opportunity to the people of Limerick. If you could be of any assistance in sharing this information with them it would be greatly appreciated. We regularly have information nights in Cork and could arrange one for Limerick if you feel that people are already looking for what to do next. We would just need to publicize it so that we can get as many people attending as possible. I was looking on the internet to see if there was any support group or organization setup for the people who are going to be made redundant and Everts one is the only one I could.
I hope the future is bright for the people of Dell and the Limerick area.
Patrick Barry
Barrton LTD
+353 87 2789429
info@barrton.com
representing Barrton LTD
13 Jan 12:31
Thanks for all the support!
Can I ask everybody to list these offer here: http://url.ie/12q9
Just an attempt to structure matters a bit ;-)
13 Jan 16:17
I'm writing a piece for the Sunday Tribune in which I'm interviewing people about the experience of losing a job - if anyone is using that experience as an opportunity I'd love to hear about it. If anyone from Dell would be willing to tell their stories either way that would be brilliant. Contact me through igo or at patrick.freyne@gmail.com
Thanks!
13 Jan 16:21
Oh, and well done on this endeavour - it's good old fashioned can-do thinking and we need more of it.
14 Jan 11:46
Hello, My name is Paula Horan and my business, Company Bureau, based in Dublin is making a special offer to future business owners to incorporate their company for an 'all in' price of €199. We have just placed an advert in The Limerick Post to appear next week. We also offer supporting services such as basic accounts, vat application and bookkeeping as these elements of running a business can be alien to people setting up their own businesses first time around. We would like to make the process as easy and as undaunting as we can. Log on to our website www.companyformations.ie or email me, paula@companybureau.ie or alternatively, phone 01 646 16 25 if you would like further information.
representing Company Bureau
16 Jan 14:07
We have organisaed an information meeting night on Wednesday 21st in the Maldron Hotel starting at 8pm, to try and help as many people as possible with getting some work. They just need to ask for Janette and mention they heard it on the radio or just mention Barrton afterwards to the speakers.
If people could forward this to anyone they know affected by the Dell Layoffs. We will give them all great support going forward.
Patrick Barry
Barrton LTD
+353 87 2789429
info@barrton.com
representing Barrton LTD