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Is Ireland sinking again? 87,000 emigrate and unemployment still 14.6 percent (IrishCentral)

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:52:42 PST

By: IRISH VOICE EDITORIAL

What would the unemployment level be in Ireland if emigration were not, once again, the safety valve it has traditionally been?

Ireland tops European household unemployment figures according to new research (IrishCentral)

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:28:23 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Ireland now has the worst household unemployment statistics in Europe according to a new report.

Unemployment, emigration and Ireland’s economy - more pressing issues than children’s rights (IrishCentral)

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 05:01:24 PST

President Michael D Higgins and wife Sabina cast their referendum votesWhy should we vote, my kids asked me as we trooped down to the polling station on Saturday eveningThe referendum is going to be passed anyway, they said in long suffering voices, conscious of the TV show they were missing Apart from a few mad, far right Christians, everyone is in favor of children's rights, so everyone is going to vote yes, they said READ MORE

Why Barack Obama is likely to win Ohio? It is the improved economy, stupid -- Unemployment cut by one third as auto companies hire and so do banks (IrishCentral)

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:30:38 PDT

Why Ohio is going to vote for Barack ObamaWhich state in the union has featured the following employment developments this month?Chrysler announced they are adding 1,100 new jobs, JP Morgan Chase is looking for hundreds of bankers, and the Cleveland Clinic needs so many new nurses they rented out the Cleveland Browns football stadium for a jobs fairYes, indeed, it’s Ohio, and the unemployment rate is just seven percent these days, well below the national average and seemingly ready to go even lower as the above statistics make clear READ MORE

Emigration plague grips Ireland - soaring unemployment and relentless pessimism forcing Irish to seek a future abroad (IrishCentral)

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 06:32:58 PDT

Emigration: 8pc spike in numbers leaving Ireland asjoblessness, pessimism , force thousands abroadAlmost two percent of the Irish population left the country's shores last year in search of a brighter future abroad, according to shocking new figures from the Central Statistic Office, Ireland's national compiler of official governmental dataThe stark figures, which represent an eight percent increase on the previous year's emigration numbers, underscore the drastic nature of the mass exodus of Ireland's best and brightest, in what is fast becoming a brain drain without historical precedentAn overwhelming sense of pessimism at the ongoing economic distress, and an unemployment rate hovering close to 15 percent have been cited as two of the main reasons for the ongoing export of young college graduates, newly qualified professionals, and others in search of greener and more prosperous pastures overseas READ MORE

Irish leader Enda Kenny launches new jobs plans - unemployment now at 14.5 percent (IrishCentral)

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:22:09 PST

By: PADDY CLANCY

Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Kenny’s government has unveiled an ambitious action plan to create 200,000 jobs in eight years. It’s a massive slice off the current 439,600 who are unemployed, but if it succeeds there will be still more people jobless in 2020 than there were when the figure was under 200,000 in 2005.

Irish parents urge their children to leave - emigration masks unemployment disaster (IrishCentral)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:11:04 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

Ireland's economic hard times are far from over for the record number of young people who are faced with ongoing joblessness.

Irish unemployment figures decrease due to mass emigration (IrishCentral)

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:04:06 PST

By: KERRY O'SHEA

New figures released by the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed (INOU) show that the number of people drawing the dole last month dropped by 3,000. While that typically would be good news, the emigration factor probably plays a big role in the dip.

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary compares unemployment crisis to the Famine (IrishCentral)

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:18:03 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has claimed it’s not his fault he is always right – after backing Finance Minister Michael Noonan’s claims that emigration is a lifestyle choice.

Enda Kenny vows to end long term unemployment within four years (IrishCentral)

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 04:43:35 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has vowed to get 177,000 long term unemployed back to work by the end of his government’s term in office.

Call for new jobs plan from Irish Government as unemployment continues to rise (IrishCentral)

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:27:11 PST

By: DARA KELLY

The long term unemployed in Ireland now account for over half of the number of people out of work, according to the Irish Central Statistics Office (CSO).

75,000 Irish to emigrate next year as unemployment continues to rise (IrishCentral)

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:21:01 PST

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

Tens of thousands of Irish are expected to leave the country next year as a result of the continuing euro zone crisis, a leading think-tank has warned.

Unemployment rate in Ireland trebles - as 100 people per day emigrate (IrishCentral)

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:43:02 PDT

By: JORDANA KOZUPSKY & KATE HICKEY

New statistics show that the number of people claiming unemployment benefit in October increased by 2,700. The number of people unemployed in Ireland now stands at 447,100 people or 14.4%, with 100 people emigrating every day.

Ireland's unemployment crisis - job bridge scheme and the future (IrishCentral)

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:15:16 PDT

Dole queue in north DublinIreland’s recent chastened economic woe has not only hit pockets and confidence, but also language and action More and more, people aren’t so much “working” as “keeping busy”In my parents’ time, there were certain jobs available to people (the civil service, the bank, the farm, teaching or nursing) and most of them were long-term, secure and pensionable The world we live and attempt to work in is now unrecognizable READ MORE

Ireland's unemployment at 14.3 percent - where are the entrepreneurs? (IrishCentral)

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:35:03 PDT

Workers at Dublin's Google offices The most recent figure for those out of work in Ireland is for July this year, and it shows around 470,000 without a full time job When it's seasonally adjusted this comes back to 447,000 which equates to 143% of the workforceSo if you think President Obama has a problem with the "jobs crisis" in the U READ MORE

Irish jobs minister says radical measures needed to reduce unemployment (IrishCentral)

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 05:59:38 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

Radical measures will be required to reduce Ireland's "staggering" unemployment Irish jobs minister Richard Bruton told supporters on Saturday, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The crushing reality of unemployment and hope in Ireland (IrishCentral)

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:42:27 PST

By: MARY BERMINGHAM

Last June I got that call.

Unemployment in Ireland is at 13.4 percent (IrishCentral)

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:45:04 PST

For the first time since August, the number of people signing on the Live Register has increased with more than 5,000 people signing on in December alone, new figures showThe Central Statistics Office said that the figures were comprised by 4,800 men and 400 women and means the total number of people on the Live Register now stands at 444,000They added that “standardized unemployment rate in December was 134%, up from13 READ MORE

Long term unemployment doubles in Ireland (IrishCentral)

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:15:04 PST

Long term unemployment in Ireland is progressively increasing according to a new report from the Central Statistics OfficeWhile the total number signing on the Live Register has fallen for two consecutive months, the amount of people drawing long-term unemployment benefits has more than doubled, with more than 140,000 currently signing on"Unemployment is the true gauge of economic performance Today’s figures show that Fianna Fáil have ruined this State and failed its people," Sinn Fein spokesman Arthur Morgan said following the release of the statistics READ MORE

Bringing back Thanksgiving (IrishCentral)

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:00:15 PST

As the recession has crushed the retail market in the past few years, stores have been pushing the holiday shopping season earlier and earlier in an attempt to stay in the black (The term Black Friday is based on the fact that stores used to count on the day after Thanksgiving to get them out of the red for the year and into the black, making a profit) In New York City, the 34th Street Macy's had its display windows decked out for Christmas before Halloween, and giant holiday ads have been up for weeks in Times SquareThanksgiving has almost been swallowed whole by the Christmas Money-Generating Machine, but it's more important than ever to take it back READ MORE