The 1,300 marketing and sales staff at Dell's Cherrywood plant in south Dublin will not be affected. The computer maker is one of Ireland's largest employers. Established in Ireland in 1990, Dell employed more than 4,500 staff at its height and is the country's biggest exporter and second largest company. It accounts for approximately 5% of Irish GDP and last year contributed 140 million euro (£126 million) to the mid-west economy in wages alone. he Dell cuts are being billed as Ferenka II - after the Dutch wire company which shut its Limerick operation in 1977 with 1,400 job losses after growing to become the city's leading employer. The Tanaiste said she was deeply disappointed by Dell's move to Poland. "My immediate thoughts and concerns are for the workers and their families and those directly impacted," Ms Coughlan said.