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Ireland can look to the UK and US for signs of what’s to come.
Average pay packets took another hit at the start of the year.
There are now 1.9 million people employed in Ireland and 212,000 who are unemployed.
Brendan Howlin, for one, doesn’t agree.
The number of people signing on has dropped but unemployment is still at 10%.
Here I am, feeling like a second-class citizen in my own country, crying over a water meter. Do the politicians I voted for even care?
The country’s unemployment figures for March were the best since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
He’s been learning the descant recorder, you know.
One in four workers earn less than the living wage, new research has found.
In 2008, the trend of falling suicide rates started to reverse and self-harm among both men and women has also been rising.
Plus: How much did Willie Walsh earn last year?
The live register hasn’t seen figures this low since February 2009
* “Apart from politics of course,” the Tánaiste said.
The National Youth Council of Ireland thinks “significant reform” of the internship scheme is needed.
The Tánaiste answered questions about Labour’s low poll ratings today.
Almost four years on from the launch of the internship scheme, we’ve been asking participants about their experiences…
A study found that both men and women of all ages were equally vulnerable to the effects of rising unemployment.
A substantial minimum wage rise right now would be a very hollow victory if it meant that businesses couldn’t remain competitive and collapsed.
A new ESRI study has looked at how many young people were unemployed in recent years – and it’s grim reading.
*According to the Central Bank’s latest update, that is.
Unpaid internships are largely the preserve of the well-off and reinforce disadvantage; JobBridge has levelled the playing field.
How about we start from scratch?
The unemployment rate is now down to 10.6%.
But at least things are looking good for jobs and the economy.
Plus: How many homeowners are more than two years behind with their mortgage repayments?
Each person off the Live Register and into a job saves the taxpayer €20,000 a year, the government says.
The jobs will be in areas such as business, technical analysis, quality assurance, and application support
Presented without comment.
That escalated REALLY quickly.
A new CSO report has revealed that since the same time last year, the number of people unemployed has fallen by 37,000.
People are expecting extra cash after years of shrinking pay packets.
More than one fifth of the meter installers were unemployed before they got their current job.
Minister Kevin Humphreys is reminding those on Jobseekers payments that seasonal work of up to eight weeks can be taken.
The Christmas Bonus will be reintroduced this year – one of two increases in the area of social welfare announced in today’s Budget.
An organisation representing young people in Ireland is calling for the €188 rate to be restored for all young people who are taking part in education, training and works experience programmes.
Four in ten people with spinal cord injuries live at or below the poverty line.
*Assuming ESRI’s latest predictions are right.
The government has launched its latest Pathways to Work document today.
Business lobbyists IBEC have doubled their economic growth forecast for the year.