O'Casey's restaurant and bar in Manhattan has turned into a makeshift job center for young Irish people in New York.
O'Casey's has established itself as the jobless center for the Irish and is the headquarters of a new immigrant support group called Failte 32.
The group hopes to connect new arrivals with the existing network of Irish organizations and employers in the city.
One of Failte 32's organizers, Maurice Landers said"The first thing new arrivals do when they come here is drop off their bags at the aunt's house, and come to the pub,"
"It's where we've traditionally got our information and part of our social fabric.
"So when we got that point out to the Irish community, they thought, why hasn't it been done before?"
About 30 job seekers turned up to the groups first event on Monday night which even attracted the local media.
The majority of the job seekers are young college students that are allowed to work in the US on a J1 visa. Finding work is not as easy as it was for past generations.
However Failte 32 believe that the work is out there and it's not about what you know but who you know.
Gavin O'Hanlon (20) from Co Kilkenny said it was "tough going" but things are looking up for him with Failte 32.
"We were out in Long Beach, and had that cleared up. We tried Manhattan yesterday.
"Going round door to door . . . but nothing going."
But by the end of the Failte 32 meeting he had lined up a possible job.
"The guy is a building manager, so we could end up with door work or something like that,"
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.justhimself | Oct 21, 2010, 03:06 PM EDT
When is Irish Central going to stop the Comment section from been used for hawking wares repeatedly, Keep the comments to the subject material.
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manhattan | Jun 11, 2010, 12:37 PM EDT
The Irish were always good at helping there people. In the poor neighborhoods you could always go to the democratic club which were all Irish in an Irish neighborhood. If your son got in trouble they went to court for them, if a family were down on there luck food would be provided. Then there were the beer rackets where money was raised for someone in need. All you had to do was vote for them. I believe if you help that boy or girl from Ireland you are carrying on a great tradition.
manofaran | Jun 10, 2010, 04:39 PM EDT
You have to be as tall as the counter. LOL
WoundedKnee | Jun 10, 2010, 12:38 PM EDT
What's the minimum drinking age in New York? Sounds like a lot of these guys hanging around that bar cannot legally drink alcohol there.
DennisQ | Jun 09, 2010, 06:43 PM EDT
Yes, there's work if you're willing to go scout for it. In fact, there'seven be a good living to be made if you have both the talent and the ambition. God bless America, and keep the doors open as they were for centuries.